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6 Editorial: What the Anti-Anchoring Bill Would do to Anchorages in Florida
By Steve Morrell
8 Letters You Should Believe
10 Southern Regional Monthly Weather and Water Temperatures
11 Calendar — Upcoming Events in the Southeast (Non-Race)
14 Short Tacks: Sailing News from Around the South andthe World of Sailing
22 Juniata Goes to CubaBy Mike Mills and Pam Hudston
27 Carolina Sailing: Sperry Charleston Race WeekBy Dan Dickison
30 When Death Fell On Alabama — The Dauphin Island TragedyBy Morgan Stinemetz
35 Southern Race Report
40 Morgan 30 Boat ReviewBy Rick Mannoia
45 Southern Regional Racing Calendar
62 The Wharf in Orange Beach, AlabamaBy Conrad Cooper
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FROM THE HELM STEVE MORRELL, EDITOR
It was in mid April that the anti-anchoring bill was separated from thederelict boat bill in the FloridaLegislature, which enabled the SevenSeas Cruising Association and boatersto support the proposed derelict boatchanges, while being against the anti-anchoring bill. Then in late April thelegislature shut down till next year,securing current anchoring laws inplace for another year. But with the leg-islature later scheduling a special ses-sion this month (June 1-20)—to sup-posedly set a state budget—anythingcan be brought up. So, we must keepaware of what’s going on. They couldsneak it in this month.
But I still wonder if any anchoring law will stand up incourt. Maybe in Florida courts, but I suspect that such pro-posed restrictions as no anchoring within 200 yards (600feet) of any developed property will not stand up in Federalcourt. Add anchor swing to that in a shallow water anchor-age and your anchor might have to be a lot further. If we saya scope should be around 7:1, then how much do we have toadd in 10-15 feet of water, which is common in Floridawaters? That would be another 70-100 feet plus add a littlemore for length of line from the water to the deck, which fora trawler would be even more. So to be on the safe side, addanother 100 feet. With anchor swing, that means 700 feetfrom shore (although I am not sure how the proposed lawwould set anchoring—at the anchor or the boat?).Regardless, this would really eliminate anchoring entirelyin many areas throughout the state. Age-old, establishedmaritime laws would not allow it, in my opinion. Florida
lawmakers are probably aware of this,but would they try it, anyway?Probably. After all, if you own water-front property, that means you arepaying a lot more in taxes and, as anti-thetical as that might seem to exist in ajust society, we all know better. If thelaw passes and the Federal courts turnit down, how will the state look at it?Federal intrusion? Even though it’sprotecting the rights of a minority’sinterests which go back to maritimerights established long before 99.9 per-cent of waterfront homes were built?
Let’s hope we don’t have to find outand we stop these potential anchoringlaws. Perhaps what we need is a sur-
vey of the state’s waters showing, on a chart in a color band,a 600-foot barrier (or 700-feet with anchor swing) to anchor-ing along developed property to indicate how much anchor-ing would be impacted.
What would happen to a popular anchorage likeManatee Pocket on Florida’s southeast coast (just south ofStuart), where the shores on all sides are completely linedwith homes? In the attached chart, you can see the Pocketand its channel in the light green area. Look at the scalebelow it. Half of the black line represents 1125 feet—a littlewider than most of the entire anchorage, except one little tri-angle at the widest point. At 600 feet per side, the onlyanchorage left is a tiny area (in red) at the widest point of thePocket—that’s big enough for one boat with a 100 feet ofline out. If my calculations are correct, Manatee Pocket,along with many other anchorages, would be eliminated.Except for maybe one boat of course.
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LETTERS
SEVEN SEAS CRUISING ASSOCIATION FIGHTS ANTI-ANCHORING RESTRICTIONS IN FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Kathy and I are proud to be long-standing Commodores inthe Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA). SSCA led thecharge in defeating the Florida Senate AnchoringRestrictions Bill—at least for this year. Too often cruising/sailing organizations sit idly by and watch bad things hap-pen. We're certain SSCA will be back next year if the billresurfaces. The Florida House derelict boat bill sounds goodbut I suspect the waterfront property owners really want toget rid of all boats in their "backyard view" not just derelicts.
Fair Winds,SSCA Commodores Dick and Kathy de Grasse, s/v
Endeavour, Islesboro, Maine lying Charlotte Harbor, FL
Dick and Kathy,Shortly after hearing that the Florida Legislature closed up their60-day, once-a-year session in April, I’d heard that the Floridacourts stated that they illegally closed it three days early, killingmany pending bills. I was relieved that the anti-anchoring billsdied with that, but then I next heard that they are holding a spe-cial 20-day session June 1-20. The main purpose of this specialsession is to set a budget since the real reason they closed the ses-sion was that they were arguing too much about the budget whilegetting nowhere. So, they all just went home.
But during this special session, it’s not just the budget thatcan be discussed, although they all agree that’s their main reasonfor showing up in June. Any bill can be brought up, and if needbe, the governor can ask them to consider anything he would liketo see addressed, not that they will. Maybe the SSCA and othersneed to keep that in mind when the session opens and continue thefight, since our representatives, both national and local, like tosneak bills in at the midnight hour all the time, while everyone isasleep in bed.
How the legislature of a state that has almost 20-million peo-ple figure they can govern in a 60-day period is beyond me. Butthen again, the state is run full-time by the the big-money lobby-ists who are working full-time.
Editor
TOO MANY BEADS
As captain of a chartered Leopard 39 catamaran, I partici-pated in the 2015 Gasparilla Pirate Invasion Flotilla onTampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay. For anyone who is notfamiliar with the Gasparilla flotilla event, it culminateswith hundreds and hundreds of mostly powerboats, somesailboats, escorting and motoring in very close quartersfrom Ballast Point in south Tampa, across Tampa Bay,north on Hillsborough Bay, and then north in the SeddonChannel to the basin in downtown Tampa where the"pirate ship" docks and the Gasparilla Parade begins downBayshore Blvd.
The Gasparilla event, with many related activities, issimply a manufactured event to attract tourism in the spiritof Mardi Gras...lots of public drinking, landside floats in theparade, tossing beads, etc. It originally was a family eventmarking the opening of the state fair which was then locat-ed just west of downtown Tampa. Over the years the row-
diness and bad behavior of the specta-tors forced the organizers to have twoparades—one for children, one foradults.
However, my point is about theflotilla invasion...this armada of boatslarge and small. Not satisfied to tossand catch plastic beaded necklaces onthe land parade route, the bead toss-ing is now a major part of the water-based activities. Literally thousands ofstrings of these plastic beads aretossed between boats close by as wellas beads being tossed from the specta-tors on land along the shores of DavisIslands and Channelside. The end
result is that a vast majority of theseplastic bead necklaces end up on thebottom of Tampa Bay, HillsboroughBay, and the Seddon Channel.
Boaters—both sail and power—are aware that it is illegal to dumpplastic into the water...period. Thereare no exceptions to this law. But forsome inane reason, this law is over-looked for the Gasparilla Invasionflotilla. We are not talking about afew strings of beads falling into thewater. I witnessed hundreds andhundreds of beads missing their tar-get and sinking to the bottom of thewaters...and I was on one boat in one
small part of the parade. Water balloon launches between
boats has long been banned due to theplastic waste ending up in the water.Those activities were miniscule incomparison to the strings of plasticbeads which now adorn our bottom-lands on local waters. That plastic willbe there forever.
It's time for the US Coast Guardand all of the local law enforcementauthorities which join the flotilla toput a stop to this practice. It is uncon-scionable.
Capt. Doran CushingSt. Petersburg, FL
Doran,I know what you mean. I’ve been toparades that throw those beads constantlyand every one of them gets picked up andsaved—even cherished—but obviouslythis does not happen with the ones in thewater. The city, the yacht clubs, the CoastGuard, community organizations, theflotilla organizers and the marine patrolneed to start a campaign to get people tostop throwing them. I bet it stops in a fewyears with such an effort. I’m glad youbrought this up and maybe you canapproach the flotilla organizers to promotethis starting next year. If I can publicizethe idea in any way, I will be glad to put itin SOUTHWINDS.
Editor
Editor’s note: Doran Cushing is the founder and formerowner of SOUTHWINDS magazine.
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WIND ROSES: Each wind rose shows the strength and direc-tion of the prevailing winds in the area and month. Thesehave been recorded over a long period of time. In general,the lengths of the arrows indicate how often the winds camefrom that direction. The longer the arrow, the more oftenthe winds came from that direction. When the arrow is toolong to be printed in a practical manner, a number is indi-
cated. The number in the center of the circle shows the percentageof the time that the winds were calm. The lengths of thearrows plus the calms number in the center add up to 100percent. The number of feathers on the arrow indicates thestrength of the wind on the Beaufort scale (one feather isForce 1, etc.). Wind Roses are taken from Pilot Charts.
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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary organizations throughout thecountry hold hundreds of regular boating courses on thevarious subjects. To find a course near you, go towww.cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder.
Sail Trim and Rig Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, July 15This seminar shows in clear and simple terms how to useand adjust sails for optimum performance under a widerange of conditions. The seminar comes with waterproofUSPS Captain’s Quick Guide written by North Sails, alongwith “Student Notes.” Wednesday, July 16, 7-9 pm. St.Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd Ave SE, DemensLanding. Instruction free, materials $30 per Family.Maximum 20 students. Pre-registration required. Go towww.boating-stpete.org.
Chart Use Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL, July 22The NOAA Chart #1 is the quintessential reference to chartdetails, but difficult to understand. This seminar walks the
student through understanding it in an entertaining andinteresting fashion. In addition to explaining the chart, thisprogram walks through the essentials of plotting and meas-uring a safe course with the USPS course plotter. Materialsinclude Maptech’s waterproof flip/fold “Chart Symbols”and “On The Water Guide” for on-boat reference.Wednesday, July 23, 7-9 p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center,250 2nd Ave SE, Demens Landing. FREE. Materials are $35per family, maximum 20 students, pre-registration requiredat www.boating-stpete.org
North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NCOn-going adult sailing programs. Family Sailing. On-goingtraditional boat building classes. www.ncmm-friends.org,[email protected], (252) 728-7317.
About Boating Safely Courses—Required in Florida andOther Southern StatesAnyone in Florida born after Jan. 1, 1988, must take a boat-ing safety course in order to operate a boat of 10 hp or more.Other states require safety education if born after a certain
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The course named “About Boating Safely” satisfies therequirements. They are marked below with asterisks (**):
**Jacksonville, FL. Ongoing Mike Christnacht. (904) 502-9154. [email protected]. www.uscgajaxbeach.com/pe.htm. Classes at Captain’s Club, 13363 Beach Blvd. $25including materials.
**New Port Richey, FL. Ongoing. New Port Richey USCGAUX Flotilla 11-06First Saturday of the month. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. U.S. CoastGuard Auxiliary Communications Building, 3920 MarineParkway, New Port Richey, FL (in Gulf Harbors Yacht ClubParking Lot). Register at BoaterEducation.info
**St. Augustine, FL, June 5. Coast Guard Auxiliary of St.Augustine. One-day course. St. Augustine Campus of St.Johns River State College, 2900 College Drive (off SR-16), St.Augustine. 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Early registration recom-mended. Contact Vic Aquino at (904) 460-0243.
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Small Boat Instructor Course Level 1Key Biscayne Yacht Club, Key Biscayne, FL. May 30-June 2.Contact Nic Pro at [email protected]. Instructor JeanneWalker Sinclair.
Camp Sea Gull/Camp Seafarer, Arapahoe, NC. June 2-5.Contact Blair Overman at [email protected] Allison Jolly.
Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA. June 2-5. ContactHolly Murrary at [email protected]. Instructor James Miller.
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Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 13-21 (two weekends). Contact Julia Melton at julia. [email protected]. Instructor Charles Price.
Small Boat Instructor Course Level 2Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA. June 6-7. ContactHolly Murray at [email protected]. Instructor Betsy Alison.
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Powerboat InstructorCamp Sea Gull/Camp Seafarer, Arapahoe, NC. June 2-4.Contact Jon Meyers at [email protected]. InstructorsDick Allsopp and Michael Askew. Two separate courses,same dates.
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2015 Atlantic Hurricane SeasonBegins, June 1-November 30Visit the SOUTHWINDS hurricane pages at www.southwinds-magazine.com for articles and links to weather websites,hurricane plans, tips on preparing your boat and more.How to develop a simple plan to protect your boat—the bestand simplest plan out there.
Dragon Boat Festival to SaveDragon Point, Cocoa Village, FL,June 13This inaugural event will include local and regional teamsracing on a 300-meter racecourse on the Indian River.Racing 9 am to 3 pm. Run by Save Dragon Point Inc. (SDP),a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for rebuilding of “Annie,”the community’s iconic and adored river dragon. www.sdp-dragonboat.com.
Fishermen’s Village in PuntaGorda, FL, Celebrates NationalMarina Day, June 20National Marina Day will include vendors, organizationsdedicated to the preservation of wildlife as well asexhibitors promoting outdoor activities around CharlotteHarbor. Space is available for non-profit organizations suchas boat clubs. Information and dockage reservations: (941)575-3000. Vendors and non-profits: Catherine Perry at (941)575-3067. www.fishville.com.
15th Annual Summer Sailstice,Planet Earth, June 20The 15th Annual Summer Sailstice, a sailing celebration ofthe Summer Solstice, will be held on the weekend of June20-21, the closest Saturday (June 20) to the Summer Solstice.There is no specific location of the Summer Sailstice exceptthat it occurs on the planet Earth, in this solar system, wheresailors can spend the day—or two days—sailing as a tributeto the solstice, which—astronomically—occurs on June 21 at12:38 pm (EDT).
For more on Sailstice, go to www.summersailstice.com.
40th Annual Regatta Time in Abaco,July 3-11 – More Than a Regatta“It’s a party every night...in a different location.”
This annual regatta, one of the most famous in the Bahamasand Florida, starts with Bob Henderson’s immense“Cheeseburger in Paradise” picnic and runs through a weekof festivities and casual racing with Bahamian boats andcruisers from all over. Bob’s “Stranded Naked” party, as it’salso called, is the kick-off event for the regatta. Over 1200cheeseburgers—plus fries, hot dogs, margaritas and rumpunch—are fed to hundreds of visitors who come by everymeans possible—but mainly by boat. The party is followedby a series of five races that are held throughout the Abacos,all of which end at Hope Town where the final race andparty are held. Regatta organizers promote the event as,“It’s a party every night...in a different location.” For moreinformation, go to www.regattatimeinabaco.com.
Florida Lobster Season July andAugust OpeningsFlorida has two spiny lobster seasons for recreationaldivers. The first is the two-day mini sport season, which isalways the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday inJuly, falling this year on July 29-30. The regular 8-monthseason always runs Aug. 6 through March 31. For regula-tions and more information, go to the Florida Fish andWildlife Commission website at www.myfwc.com/fish-ing/saltwater/regulations/lobster.
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Florida Legislature Ends SessionWithout Passing AnchoringRestrictionsLast month, we printed that the Florida House—just hoursbefore we went to press—did not tie the anchoring restric-tions proposals to a derelict boat bill, which is good newssince boaters want to support the derelict boat bill, but areagainst anchoring restrictions. Tying the two togetherwould have made fighting more restrictions more difficult.In the Senate, though, the appropriations committee votedfavorably for Bill 1548, which restricts anchoring. But beforeanything could be passed—on anchoring and on derelictboats—the legislature closed down the session in a huff(and did so three days early, which was later declared ille-gal by Florida courts), which means both issues are deaduntil the next legislative session opens next year in March(for 60 days). But that also gives anti-anchoring landlubbersanother ten months to rally for restrictions. And it gives theSeven Seas Cruising Association, who were instrumental inopposing restrictions, another ten months, too. For thosewho want to continue the fight against anchoring restric-tions, go to the SSCA website at www.ssca.org for updates.
Race to Cuba on Schedule for MayThe Key West to Cuba leg of the Bone Island Regatta to KeyWest from southwest Florida (see “From the Helm” Mayissue) was on schedule to leave Key West on May 20. As ofpress date, Regatta organizer Alice Petrat had received thelicense from the Department of Commerce. She still had toreceive final permission from the Coast Guard, but feelsconfident there would be no problem. Five boats weresigned up to go. SOUTHWINDS will be reporting on the trip inthe August issue.
Storm Trysail Club Takes Over Key West Race WeekFrom the Storm Trysail Club
In April, the Storm Trysail Club announced that it has cometo an agreement with Premiere Racing to take over owner-ship and management of Quantum Key West Race Week—along with the ongoing support of its title sponsor—Quantum Sail Design Group.
The Storm Trysail Club, established in 1938, is well knownfor running Block Island Race Week, which will celebrate its50th anniversary this summer. The group also organizes theLauderdale-to-Key West Race that has long served as feed-er for Key West Race Week.
“Key West Race Week is a terrific bookend to the club’slong-standing Block Island Race Week,” Storm Trysail Clubcommodore Lee Reichart said. “We believe we will be ableto utilize our experience at Block Island to ensure that KeyWest remains the most prominent winter big-boat event inNorth America.”
Quantum Key West Race Week 2016 will be held Jan.18-22, 2016, with many of the same elements that made theregatta so popular remaining in place. Foremost is the spon-sorship of Quantum, the second-largest sail-making compa-ny in the world.
Storm Trysail Club members are in the process of contact-ing all past sponsors and will be working to bring new part-ners into the mix. Jeff Johnstone has pledged the support ofJ/Boats, a worldwide leader in high-performance sailboats.
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New in 2014 and recently launched is the SOUTHWINDSonline business directory where you can find businesses—and list your business—in the southeast U.S. Free listingsavailable (if you have a business in NC, SC, GA, FL, AL,MS, LA, or TX). Expanded listings available as low as$5/month (paid annually). Paid listings come with Googlemaps and more. Over 1100 businesses listed already. Listyour business. Find a business. www.southeastsailing.com.
Okeechobee Water Level Remains the Same Since AprilAs of press date in early May, Lake Okeechobee was at13.68 feet above sea level, nearly the same level as in earlyApril. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1,which crosses the lake, 7.62 feet, and the navigationaldepth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coastof the lake, 5.82 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at50.01 feet. For those interested in seeing daily height of thelake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go tohttp://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml(copy this address exactly as it is here with upper andlower cases). This link is also available on our website,www.southwindsmagazine.com. See the left column.
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The new race organizers announced that longtimemember John Fisher will serve as event chairman for KeyWest Race Week. Fisher has been involved with BlockIsland Race Week since 1999, serving as chairman for threeeditions of the biennial regatta.
Dick Neville, another Storm Trysail Club veteran, hasbeen appointed race committee chairman. Neville has beenworking Key West Race Week for nearly two decades asright-hand man to Division 2 principal race officer DaveBrennan. Neville is expecting to conduct starts in most ofthe classes that have traditionally competed at Key West.
Fisher said Nick Langone will serve as shore-side com-mittee chairman while John Storck Jr. will oversee mobilemarina logistics. The Storm Trysail Club hopes to retain theservices of numerous dedicated volunteers that worked forPremiere Racing for many years.
Skippers wishing to register for Quantum Key West RaceWeek 2016 should visit keywestraceweek.com.
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Knowing we were going to cruise beyond U.S. waters,we were careful to follow the regulations for exit andentry of the U.S. as far as we could understand them.
We had originally tried to join the U.S. Customs and BorderProtection Small Vessel Reporting System (SVRS), but thiswas rejected. The SVRS is open to U.S. citizens and nation-als of Visa Waiver Program countries. To cut a long storyshort, in early February we cleared out at Fort MyersAirport, obtaining a “Permit to Proceed” to Cuba ($37 cost)
via Key West—within the next 48 hours.The trip south from Fort Myers Beach in light and vari-
able winds was uneventful—a combination of sailing andmotorsailing did the job—making the 115 miles to Key Westanchorage in 28 hours. Here we waited out a front followedby a period of brisk NE winds. Three days later, we struckout for Cuba on a decreasing NE to E forecast, our destina-tion the new Marina Gaviota behind Cuba’s HicacosPeninsula (Varadero). The wind faded too fast and we againfound ourselves motorsailing to get a reasonable motionover the 3- to 4-foot Gulf Stream waves. Overnight, we sawa few fishing vessels and several ships; we passed only halfa mile ahead of one cruise ship—she didn’t respond to ourradio calls so I don’t know if we were even seen!
Approaching the north coast of Cuba in the dark hoursof the following morning we saw no recognizable shorelights. Most significant was a powerful orange light visibleover 15 miles off—this we think was the oil plant and flarestack near Darsena. About this time, we picked up a firmsouth wind, a land breeze we guess. Just before first light,we identified the Piedras del Norte lighthouse which gaveus the lead into the Canal de Buba channel which reachesbehind the Hicacos Peninsula. Now in daylight this provedeasy to negotiate. On the final approach to Gaviota Marina,we were ‘buzzed’ by about 10 or so 50-foot catamarans asthey raced out of the marina loaded with beach-party revel-ers. Marina Gaviota is new construction—not yet com-plete—founded on what were off-lying islands, now con-
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Juniata goes to Cuba – Feb/March 2015By Mike Mills and Pam Hudston
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solidated into a high seawall. We notified the marina of our approach and all was
ready for what was a very straightforward entry clearance.Harbormaster, dockmaster, doctor and customs all visitedbriefly with the whole process taking little over an hour. Wewere given loose visa slips (15 CUC* each, allowing an ini-tial 30 days stay), a cruising permit (55 CUC); a contract forour marina stay (.60 CUC per foot per day including waterand electric) and copies of various other signed papers. Allpayments are due in Cuban convertible currency (CUC) atmonth end or on leaving the marina; CUC are readily avail-able for purchase, however the U.S. dollar carries a 12 per-cent government levy, making it poor value and U.S. creditcards are not accepted. We were also allocated our owntrash bin for “international garbage”—meat, eggs andunprocessed produce which cannot be imported, as well astrash items on the boat.
It appears that Marina Gaviota has been constructed tobe a major resort and entry port for the emerging Cuba. It isset up for Mediterranean style mooring with “slime lines”attached to buoys off each quay. There appears to be roomfor thousands of boats, (although there were only seven ofus in!). However, it’s not finished yet—there were no work-
ing showers or toilet facilities for us. The marina is the“pretty” part of the 5-star Hotel Melia, an all-inclusiveresort mainly occupied by Canadian holidaymakers enjoy-ing the beautiful Hicacos beaches. With a selection of shops,bars and restaurants accepting payment in CUC and accessto the hotel lobby for internet, this was a pleasant if expen-sive venue with security guards present at all transit points,and buses and taxis available for “off-campus” exploration.In fact, we did make some bus and taxi trips to sample locallife and in general found everybody to be outgoing andhelpful. We found the local market, cafés buzzing withaction and every imaginable form of vehicular transport!
Before leaving the Hicacos for Marina Hemingway weenjoyed an overnight anchorage between Cayo Blanco andSurgidero islands. Once the beach-party boats had left forthe night, this proved to be a peaceful anchorage rich inwildlife—to be expected of the natural cays.
Probably as a result of poor extrapolation of the weath-er forecast for the Florida Straights, our trip to HavanaMarina Hemingway was an upwind motorsailing event,fortunately in light airs. Traveling the bulk of the 80 milesovernight, we saw plenty of industrial lighting on shore butnothing of navigational significance. However, we did
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encounter five or six “strings” of illuminated floats extend-ing offshore across our path (in over 1000 feet of water).After the initial panic, we drove on through them without aproblem, presumably passing over a submerged net to betaken up in the morning.
In the morning light, the large square buildings ofHavana dominated the skyline, and soon the Havana har-bor inlet opened up with the forbidding Castle Morroguarding its eastern flank. Havana harbor is off-limits tocruising boats, although you may be directed there in heavynortherly weather when the through-reef entrance toMarina Hemingway becomes dangerous. MarinaHemingway, some eight miles west of Havana, was busythat morning and several boats had entered before us. Overthe radio, all had received detailed entrance instructions;however the deep straight channel was an easy passbetween red and green marks—just ignore the submergedbroken green mark adjacent to red four!
Since we had a Cuba cruising permit and our itineraryhad been declared, clearing in only took about 30 minutes,after which we were directed to a berth alongside the crum-bling concrete quay of Canal 2 (.5 CUC per foot per day,plus a small charge for water and electricity, all payable atthe end of each month). Our quay lane was an internationalline-up, instantly creating a friendly community of “yatis-tas,” all with a story or two to tell! Marina Hemingway itselfhas a run-down shower block, a few basic shops and anadjacent hotel offering internet (6 CUC per hour) along witha nearby bakery. The marina and the hotel areas are coveredby security guards and this is typical of all resorts and
tourist areas. This included the legendary Old Man of theSea hotel – now a run-down wreck closed for renovation.
From Marina Hemingway, we walked a half-mile east toJaimonitas town, a small fishing center with a Saturday mar-ket, a few basic stores and nearby supermarkets with a larg-er range of goods; however, don’t expect to get fresh milk, wedidn’t find it anywhere in Cuba. In town, you could get asquare meal and a beer for 3 CUC. In the cool of the evening,the whole town picked up an energetic buzz with people fix-ing cars, renovating houses or just “hanging out.” Typically,you will see a donkey cart with dry-mix concrete going downthe street, and see it again carrying a load of reinforcing bars,drawing with it a barrage of jibes and banter.
On several days we took the bus from the hotel intoHavana to do the sights. This was straightforward, excepton the day when the buses didn’t run—never did find outwhy, but the stock answer seems to be “this is Cuba”! Thehustle starts as you step off the bus in Havana; don’t pauseto look at a map, otherwise you will relentlessly be offereda taxi (which could be a three-wheeled cycle, pony and trapor vintage car), buy cigars or to see Hemingway’s house(but how many houses with the original typewriter canthere be?). That said, there are many sights to see on thestreets of Havana once the Museum of the Revolution hasbeen viewed. There are bustling tourist squares, quiet leafyparks, lush patio courtyards interspersed with buildings ofcrumbling decay, others in rebuild and those fullyrestored—take your pick. Wandering further back into the“people streets,” you’ll see tenement life, with street ven-dors, sparsely stocked shops, dingy bars and cafes, beggars,the most ingenious modes of transport, and a populace whoare happy and thriving.
Out of money (we had no credit card—but that’s anotherstory), it was time to leave Cuba. We spent the last of our CUCon a few gifts and said goodbye to our new friends of thecanal-side. We had paid our bill and scheduled our exitingpaperwork the day before. We were asked directly for a tipand our modest offering went straight into theHarbormaster’s desk drawer! On the morning of departurewe had three port officials on board, each admiring minoronboard items with “a desire to own”—so probably best tohave a few things ready to give away. The exit experience wasthe downside of an otherwise pleasant and interesting visit.
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Festivities in Havana. On several days we took the bus into Havana to do the sights.
We departed MarinaHemingway on a forecastof E to SE wind 10-15knots. However, as thewind set up during the latemorning, we got a brisk Nto NE breeze through allafternoon and that night,only easing to the east inthe early hour of the nextmorning. In consequence,we had a fast and bouncysail across the Gulf Streamwith 5- to 6-foot waves. Weapproached the Key WestMainship Channel justbefore daybreak, easilypicking out the buoy lightsand in nice time to use afavorable tidal flow intothe Key West anchorage.Once anchored up, wecalled Customs and BorderProtection to advise ourarrival (as a British vessel)and were directed to findan alongside berth as wehad goods to declare andhad to be boarded; this wasnot so easy during a SpringBreak week, but in the endwe were accommodated
by the Key West Bight marina. Two Customs and BorderProtection officers arrived later that afternoon and wefound out that international travelers are not allowed tobring any Cuban products whatsoever into the U.S. As aresult, all our gifts (rum and a few cigars) were confiscated.We were surprised, but that’s the law. International travel-ers have no allowances, but it must be said that the officerswere pleasant, helpful and indeed sympathetic.
After a day of rest, we were ready to continue our jour-ney north to Charlotte Harbor. The forecast for the next fewdays was E 10-15 knots, but as we left that morning therewere squalls about, so some sail reduction was called for.Leaving Key West in the late morning, the last of the floodtide took us quickly up the NW Channel, but on the final legthe wind was NNW 15-20 knots and, as you’d expect, it waschoppy! Once out of the channel we had to tack, howeverwe timed our tacks to avoid the rain squalls which we knewwould soon clear. Finally we had a good “making leg” butstill couldn’t make our northerly course. But as the windsettled, we had a great sail with the course becoming morefavorable overnight.
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Juniata on the bulkhead at Marina Hemingway. We had a berth alongside the crumbling concrete quay of Canal 2. Our quay lane was an international line-up, instantly creating a friendly community of “yatistas,” all with a story or two to tell! Marina Hemingway itself has a run-down shower block, a few basic shops and an adjacent hotel offering internet along with a nearby bakery.
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Vignettes from Sperry CharlestonRace Week 2015By Dan Dickison
Thousands of narratives play out at a mega regatta. Whenyou’ve got over 280 boats and crews on the water androughly 2,500 competitors, there are stories galore. Here’s ahandful of snippets that help tell the tale of SperryCharleston Race Week 2015 – the 20th edition, held April16-19 in Charleston, SC. It’s a homegrown event that hasevolved into the largest regatta of its kind in the Americas.
Meet Gannon Troutman, from Gloucester, VA. At just 12years old, he’s a gifted helmsman who steered his father’sJ/70, Pied Piper, to fourth place in an uber-competitive one-design class that included 79 entries. Gannon told RaceWeek’s media office that he has only been sailing big boatsfor a year, but really didn’t feel any pressure. “I just try tostay focused. But the currenthere, that’s crazy. It’s pushingyou around all the time.” Thoughhe raced with his dad and twoother adults, Gannon says he’dlike to see more kids his age steer-ing bigger boats. “It’s a goodexperience. It prepares you fordifferent boats.” On the final day,at the final awards ceremony, hewas called up to accept theDynasty Award, which includeda new suit of Optimist sails byQuantum Sail Design Group.
There were 11 one-design classesat the event, and among themwas the VX One, a sporty, 19-footer designed by Brian Bennettof Bennett Yachting and built byBennett and his son Hayden. (Thesenior Bennett also created theViper 640.) Nine VX Ones formed
that class’s inaugural fleet at Race Week, and John Potterfrom Beaufort, SC, walked away with a convincing win,scoring bullets in seven of the nine races. According toPotter, a key factor was having the designer-builder onboard trimming and calling tactics.
Throughout the three-day event, atypically rainy weatherthreatened to mar the proceedings, but the weather deitieswere merciful. The participants had to endure just onethree-hour postponement on the second day of action.When the soggy skies finally dissipated that afternoon, theoffshore competitors were treated to 8-12 knots of northerlybreeze and brilliant, blue skies. Inshore was much the same.Hank Stuart, the principal race officer for the J/70 course
said afterward: “At least on ourcourse, the wait was well worthit. We ended up having two ofthe best races of the entire week-end that day.”
The Audi Melges 20 Class usedthis regatta for its US NationalChampionship. With 22 boats onthe line, the action was typicallytight. Going into the final race onSunday, only one point separatedthe top two teams, but JasonMichas’ and his crew (includingtwo-time America’s Cup crewand Olympic racer MarkMendleblatt and longtime proTim Hotchkiss) had blazingdownwind speed and won thefinal contest. Michas and compa-ny not only won that race, first inclass, and the U.S. NationalChampionship, but they also
Twelve-year-old Gannon Troutman steered his dad’s J/70to a fourth-place finish out of 79 boats and won a new setof Opti sails from Quantum for his efforts. SperryCharleston Race Week/Brian Carlin photo.
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Twenty-one boats competed in the J/24Class, which saw tight action along theCharleston waterfront. Sperry CharlestonRace Week/Brian Carlin photo.
Cover: Robin Team’s crew on board hisJ/122, Teamwork, worked seamlesslyenough to walk away with the PalmettoCup for overall honors in the most competitive PHRF Class. SperryCharleston Race Week/Sander van der Borch photo.
received the Charleston Race WeekTrophy, which is given each year to thetop performing entry in the most com-petitive one-design class.
Throughout the regatta’s three days ofcompetition, a live-streamed videobroadcast kept event followers inform-ed about the action on the inshorecourses. With color commentary pro-vided by Alan Block of Sailing Anarchyand multiclass champion John Casey,the broadcast was carried on the event’swebsite as well as on the beachside jum-botron at the regatta village.
A hallmark of this year’s event wasstrong attendance by internationalcrews, who represented 11 differentcountries, including Norway, Bermuda,Germany, Mexico, and for the first timeever—Australia. Kevin Nixon and hisfamily from Randwick, Australia, sailedin the Melges 24 Class, and finishedfourth overall with an all-Corinthiancrew. “This is a bucket list event,” saidNixon at the end of the regatta. “Welove sailing the Melges 24, so we madethe trip.” Two of the one-design classes(the Farr 280 and the J/70) were won byteams from out of the country.
Among the boats sailing in the offshoreracecourses, Robin Team’s family-ledcrew on board his J/122 Teamworkmanaged to outperform all their rivals.They not only won PHRF Class A by awide margin against 10 other boats, but
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A growing trend at Sperry Charleston RaceWeek is women sailors playing key roles,such as this bow person on board RobButler’s Canadian J/88, Touch 2 Play.Sperry Charleston Race Week/Sander van der Borch photo.
also walked away with the Palmetto Cup, the annual awardfor the best performance by a boat in the PHRF ranks. Thismarks the third time that this crew has won the PalmettoCup, and Team vowed that he’d be back next year foranother go at the overall award.
As the final awards ceremony wound to a close, local racerEddy Evans took the microphone to present a specialhonor—the Jubilee Perpetual Sportsmanship Trophy.Prompting cheers and tears from the crowd, Evans singledout a fellow competitor who has raced in Charleston all hislife. “This guy has been racing against me for 10 years,” saidEvans, “and he does so much to support this event and sail-ing in general in Charleston. In his spare time, he also dou-bles as Spiderman. He is my friend, he is my hero…he is JayCook.” Cook and his family-based crew finished mid-fleetin the Pursuit Class on board their Beneteau 423, Tohidu, butthey were all smiles nonetheless.
For full scores, photos, videos and reports on SperryCharleston Race Week 2015, log on to the event’s website,www.charlestonraceweek.com. Additional commentaryand coverage is available on the event’s social media plat-forms: Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, YouTube and Twitter.
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Local racer and longtime Race Week supporter Jay Cook hoists theJubilee Perpetual Sportsmanship Trophy he so deservedly
won. Sperry Charleston Race Week/Sander van der Borch photo.
Six sailors drowned in Alabama whena squall line packing winds just
seven decimal points below hurricanestrength flogged Mobile Bay during theApril 25 Dauphin Island Race. The fleetof 117 sailboats, crewed by a total of476 sailors, the Coast Guard said, wasovercome by a gray wall of frenziedairborne water none of the sailorshad seen the likes of before.
This year, the Fairhope Yacht Club sponsored the 18-mileannual rite-of-spring race. This is the 57th edition of the
race, which is promoted as the largest single-day point-to-point sailboat race in the United States. The event wasexpected to be a lark. Instead, it became hell in a very smallplace. Save for a dredged shipping channel, Mobile Bay isshallow and the storm turned its muddy water into a froththat made waves look like a Starbucks Frappuccino toppedwith Miracle Whip.
As luck would have it, the race itself started 90 minuteslater than called for. A wisp of post tragedy speculationblamed the Fairhope Yacht Club for the delay, the implica-tion being that had the race started on time all the boatswould have been safely home before the horrendous weath-er hit. Efforts to talk to officials of the Fairhope Yacht Clubproved fruitless. However, it seemed that a mistaken mes-sage calling off the race appeared on the Fairhope YachtClub website, causing palpable confusion. On top of that, ageneral recall slowed the race start once more. It was, in aword, complex.
Some crews had completed the race and were goinghome when the storm arrived. Other boats had yet to finish.Regardless of where the boats were, Mobile Bay revertedfrom fun to frightening. The awful conditions could bedescribed as hitting the fleet in the same way a descendingAcme Co. anvil might deform Wile E. Coyote. However,forward visibility in front of the bad weather was goodenough so that participants were able to see that they wereshortly going to be in for a most dangerous ride.
Forty sailors were fished from Mobile Bay, 39 by otherboats and one by the United States Coast Guard, which hasa facility on Dauphin Island. Two men were killed, 27-year-old Kris Beall of Pineville, LA, and 72-year-old RobertDelaney of Madison, MS. Beall was recovered on Saturday,Delaney on Sunday. Four men went missing. The originaltally of five missing was revised downward after a survivorwas located at his home Sunday evening. The person hadregistered for the regatta but had withdrawn prior to theevent and was unaware he was the subject of a search.
The four men unaccounted for were Adam Clark, 17,Mobile, AL; Jimmy Charles Brown, 72, Madison, MS;William Massey, 67, Daphne, AL; Robert Thomas, 50,Pickens, MS.
Forty-eight hours after the storm, at a Monday after-noon press conference, the Coast Guard was still talkingabout rescue from the Mobile Bay mixmaster. And thenbodies started popping to the surface.
William Massey’s body was recovered on Tuesday,April 28, in Mobile Bay; the bodies of Clark and Thomas onThursday, April 30.
The eastward-moving squall had enough punch—63.3knots as recorded by the National Weather Service—to
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catch some racers with their vigilance down. Boats withVHF capabilities lit up VHF Channel 16 with a Christmastree of desperate Mayday calls.
“We heard all the distress calls going out and therewas so much chatter on the radio it was hard to distin-guish who was saying what, who was being answered,”said Josh Edwards, a competitor racing on a Catalina 36,St. Elsewhere, out of Fairhope Yacht Club. “It was chaos onthe radio. The weather didn’t scare me. The wind didn’tscare me. The thought of going overboard didn’t scare me.It was hearing that chatter on the radio of people callingfor help, and there was nothing anybody could do,” saidEdwards in an interview. It is Edwards’ video that is ref-erenced below in this story.
Because the race is usually a lark and pleasant after-noon sail, it attracts an armada of entries, from Hobies toHinckleys, and a little bit of everything in between. It is a“race what you brung” event. As a result, out there in theroar of the storm were sailors racing on a pounce of cata-marans, a terrible place to be when caught in bad weather.Post-storm photos showed a dismasted, yellow Hobie beingtowed toward shore behind a sailboat under power.
A pair of Hobie sailors, a report said, went into thewater with a cell phone and a GPS in hand. They knewwhere they were. Their rescuers were not so sure. The pairwas in the water for 2-1/2 hours.
A former yachtsman, Mike DeMarko of Pensacola, hasbeen a participant in many Dauphin Island races and hesaid, “Because of the shallow water, the waves in stormspop up in the air, and the water blowing off the tops ofthose waves makes you totally blind.”
From one of several videos available on the Internet—aparticular entry apparently had a GoPro camera mountedon the aft quarter of the stern pulpit—one could see the boattake near-knockdowns from the starboard side as the loose-ly-set mainsail, its foot a big U of sailcloth, got blasted bythe wind. Ahead, the visibility from wind-blown spraymade it look as if one were in thick fog.
“It came out of nowhere,” said one survivor, “like awall of white.”
Some yachtsmen saw the storm heading their way andgot ready. Others did not. It is a fact of sailing life that oftentimes, at large expense, sailors’ expectations are notanchored in a bedrock of experience.
A head-mounted GoPro video made by Josh Edwardsaboard St. Elsewhere—it was posted on the Internet andwent viral—showed the scene aboard a 36-foot Catalina thathad knowledgeable sailors on board. The crew amounted tofive, three men and two women. When the video began, thesailboat already had all its sails down and appeared to bemotoring before the storm, its jib stored below decks, itsmain lashed to the boom, roughly flaked.
Behind the sailboat, on the port quarter, the approachingsquall appeared as a wall of dishwater-colored clouds thattouched the water’s surface. Occasional flashes of imbeddedlightning sparking white. Aboard, the crew was breaking outfoul weather gear and making trips below for additionalitems. The storm hit the boat at 04:00 on the video timing(four minutes after the recording started). Ahead, off to star-board, a 25-foot sailboat, its main up all the way, was gettingknocked down onto its beam-ends repeatedly. It quickly dis-appeared in a fog of blown water. St. Elsewhere carried awhite life ring lashed to the starboard stern pulpit by the topof the ring. At times it was horizontal in the wind. At 06:00,
while a woman steered the boat, the remaining female onboard donned a life jacket. Shortly thereafter the three mendonned theirs. The lady steering the vessel never put on a lifejacket. She had Bluebird school bus yellow foul weather gearon and a white-knuckle grip on the boat’s steering wheel.Visibility had, at the time, dropped to just a few boat lengths.When the video timed 10:32 the boat was rolling some, butunder cont rol. A minute later, off to port, 75 yards away,another sailboat, heading into the wind, 180 degrees from St.Elsewhere, no sail visible, appeared out of wind-driven water,then disappeared just as quickly. By 12:22, St. Elsewhere wasmaking an estimated eight knots downwind. At 13:00 for-ward visibility improved. Thirty seconds later, the squallmoved on, its drenching water gone, its wind following likea mangy dog looking for food scraps.
Backing up the story line ten minutes or so, when thesquall hit Dauphin Island, a video shot in driving rain, butfrom shelter, showed a raft-up coming apart as if the boatshad been tied together with packing twine. A sailboat gotloose and drifted down on another sailboat tied securely toa dock. The loose sailboat’s roller furling jib came slightlyunrolled, giving the boat downwind momentum. As soonas it stopped, after drifting onto the secured sailboat, theexposed part of vagabond’s jib shredded in seconds.
As this story is being filed, the body of Jimmie CharlesBrown has not been recovered.
The 2015 Dauphin Island Regatta may be the most cost-ly, in terms of human life, in modern American sailing.Insurance company claims offices will most likely remem-ber the regatta nearly as well as the people who survived it,however, actuaries rarely tell stories. Sailors always do.
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St. Augustine Race Week, St. Augustine, FL, April 9-12By Dave Montgomery
From left to right: A Lightning, a Viper,a Ranger 33 and a Beneteau compete in theInshore series at St. Augustine Race Week in
April. Photo by Elise Sloan.
This brand new St. Augustine-based regattafeatured an ambitious amalgam of offshoreraces, inshore races in the IntracoastalWaterway, and a junior regatta withOptimist and 420 dinghies racing in theshadow of St. Augustine’s famous Castillode San Marco. An added attraction was twonights of live concerts under a tent adjacent to the municipalmarina. Sailors mixed with tourists enjoying reggae music,hot food and rum drinks.
Weather for the week was light to moderate dependingon where you were. While the offshore breezes were gener-ally very light, inshore racers had all they could handle. Thedays were balmy and pleasant with enough wind to getboats around the course, although slowly on some days.
The three-day Offshore Series featured a different for-mat each day. First day was a traditional triangle race. Onday two, racers had to touch both a longitude and a latitudecoordinate and return to the finish by any route they chose.On the final day, racers were to cross a north latitude and asouth latitude before returning to finish. It was up to themwhich crossed first. The inshore series, for smaller boats,was round-the-buoys racing due to the narrowness of theIntracoastal Waterway.
The two-day junior regatta, featuring youngsters fromage 8 to 17, was the highlight of the week. Spectators alongthe bayfront were treated to a delightful spectacle of dozensof small Optis and 420s zig zagging around buoys in shortbut hotly contested races. They may be small, but they areserious about racing.
A total of 65 boats participated in Race Week—33boats offshore, 9 boats inshore and 23 boats in the JuniorRegatta. Competitors came from Amelia Island,Melbourne, Palatka, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach,Jacksonville and Saint Augustine. As evidenced by theresults, this event is absent one-design classes consisting ofbig shiny racers with professional crews. The entrantswere all family-owned vessels that ranged from a 1940s-era Concordia 41 (that won its class by the way) to a brandnew but tiny Viper 640.
St. Augustine Race Week is organized by First CoastSailing Association, a nonprofit entity consisting of eightyacht clubs in the northeast and central Florida. This is thefirst year for this version of the event, previously namedFirst Coast Offshore Regatta. A major portion of the spon-sorships and entry fees go to support the organization’sYouth Sailing Scholarship program which pays for under-privileged youngsters to attend summer sailing camps ofthe area yacht clubs.
RESULTS (Complete results at www.sailjax.com. Race Week website is www.sarw2015.com):SPINNAKER: 1st Avenger, Carrera 290, Gary Van Tassel: 2ndPHRFection, Beneteau, FC 10 Madeline Keeble: 3rd Rattle & Hum,Antrim 27, Adam Norwood: Cruiser A: 1st Actaea, Concordia 41,Anthony Harwell: 2nd Password, Morgan 38 yawl, Dave Huff: 3rdFantasea, Catalina 30, Henry Baker: Cruiser B: 1st, Blue Sky, C&C 32,Dana Hunter: 2nd, Moon Pie, Beneteau First 345, John Blackford: 3rd,Ariel, Hunter 386, Dan Floryan.
INSHORE SERIES RESULTSSport and PHRF Class 1: 1st, So Anyway, Hunter 22, Steve Pettengill:
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2nd, Gaboon, Viper 640, John Fiaella: 3rd, Skybird, Ranger 33, JohnGrannis: Cruising Class 2: 1st, Gibson Dry Dock; Cal 2-29, GuyVanDoren: 2nd, Morning Star, Cal 2-29, David Burnham: 3rd, MoonShadow, Cal 2-29, Skip Lagasse.
JUNIOR SAILING REGATTAOverall Winners: 1st; Will Weinbecker: 2nd, Wes Myler: 3rd, ReedyMonahan: Optimist Dinghy: Red Division (ages 13-15): Reedy Monahan.Blue Division (ages 11-12): 1st, Will Weinbecker; 2nd, Wes Miller; 3rd,Bridget Monahan: White Division (age 10 and under): 1st, TomCommander: 2nd, Scottie Busey: 3rd, Landon Bosco: 420 Dinghy: 1st,Johnny Fewell & Emily Gilreath; 2nd, Allison Weinbecker & IsabellaGoodwin; 3rd, Jacob Fisker-Anderson & Lizzy Grich.
Rainbow Regatta, DavisIsland, FL, April 21Chaos to Calm By Lynn Paul
Eighty-six women sailors sailed invery light air in the Rainbow Regatta in
Tampa, FL, in April. Photo by Lynn Paul.
The Florida Women's Sailing Associationheld their annual Rainbow Regatta onApril 21. It was hosted by the DavisIsland Dinghy Dames of Tampa, FL. The86 women sailors were from Clearwater,St. Petersburg, Tampa and south toSarasota County.
“It was a dark and stormy night," asCharlie Brown would say. At 7 a.m. thesky looked very dark. Sailors went into aflurry of activity: lifting boats from trail-ers, stepping the masts, rigging the sailsand checking the hardware on theClearwater Optimist Prams (COP) andthe International Optimist Dinghies(IOD). This boat design was first built in Dunedin in the1940s and financed by the Optimist Club.
The biggest turnout ever came from the 38 Sunfishentered. The skippers meeting was called. Sailors werelaunched into the cool, dark waters of Tampa Bay. Some ofthe photographers and support crew went out (as I did) onCapt. Bob's 44-foot sailboat, Caribbean Soul. Everyone was
excited to race. The Pram and IOD class did manage one race, as the
wind was light. The Sunfish floated and sailed back andforth from mid-morning until 1 p.m.—when their race wascancelled for lack of better wind.
Everyone sailed in to have a fabulous lunch. Pottedplants grown by the Dinghy Dames and Mainsheet Mamaswere given as door prizes.
Since one race constitutes a regatta, the winners of thePram Class were Team Luffing Lassies of Sarasota.
Teammate Barbara Branning sailed LL7 in with a big lead forthe first-place Master's Trophy. The Individual Trophy wentto Cathy McNally of the Bow Chasers of Treasure Island.
It was a clean sweep for the Windlasses of Dunedin.They won the Team Trophy, the Masters (MichaelaMahoney) and Individual (Mary Ellen Fiore). The organiz-ers decided on a skill to determine the first-place winner forthe Sunfish. FWSA Chair Lynn Randall handed out rope tobe tied in a bowline knot behind the back. The whistle blewand seconds later, Lorri Kaighin of Sarasota won.
Next year the RR will be held at St. Petersburg Yacht Club.Let's hope for wind but not small craft warnings as in 2011.
15th Annual 2015 Sarasota Bay Cup,Sarasota Sailing Squadron, FL,April 25By Charlie Clifton
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for the title “Queen of the Bay.” Double handing with crew-man Carl Lamparter, Dowd ran down all 22 monohulls thatstarted before him. The scratch boat, Double Barrel, TungNguyen’s F30 catamaran, passed him at one point, butDowd managed to regain the lead in a neck-and-neck battle.The multihull fleet had seven boats out on a beautiful dayon Sarasota Bay.
Dave Wilson on his Hunter 30, Solitude, was the firstmonohull to finish. That put him on top of the nine-boatNon-spinnaker class, a minute and a half in front of DaveEttinger’s Cal 35, Spindrift. The 5- to 10-knot westerly suit-ed the Non-Spinnaker boats as their leader finished overfour minutes in front of the first Spinnaker boat.
That first Spinnaker boat was Chad Weiss’ J/100Zephyr. Zephyr finished inches in front of Bob Miller’sNon-Spinnaker S2, White Hawk. Second in the Spinnakerclass was Randy St. James’ S2 9.2, Gin Queen, with a hardycomplement of women crew.
The five-boat Pocket Cruiser class was won by BobHindle on his Sabre 30, Windsong. Bob and crew have beensteadily improving their finishes in the last year.
E Scows sailed the course under Portsmouth handicaps.At the finish of the 12-mile course, SSS Race CaptainRichard Elsishan was 2 seconds ahead of Ted Wiehe.
Food trucks were a big hit at the awards presentation.The hand-crafted trophies by artist Cindy Clifton topped offa perfect day of sailboat racing.
62nd Annual Mug Race,Jacksonville, FL, May 2By Dave Ellis
The Mug race is an experience that only a sailor wouldappreciate. Imagine 40-odd miles of sailing north fromPalatka, FL, to Jacksonville on a tidal river. This year, therewere 99 boats registered, 91 actually made it to the startingline and 78 finished. That’s better than last year’s 11 boatsfinishing within the time limit.
The first boats to start at 0730 were the slowest, using aconverted PHRF handicap. The fastest, the RC 30 designedby Bill Roberts who crewed for his son Eric, started ataround 1030. Yet, as is so often the case, they zipped right
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through the big fleet, finishing first in an elapsed time of alittle over five hours.
By contrast, the Corinthian Trophy, for the boat that fin-ished last but within the time limit, was the San Juan 23 ofCharles Olden, taking over 12 hours for the course. My sal-vaged-from-the-scrap-heap-spare-parts Raider started at8:27:23. At least I was supposed to. My regatta start watchdoes not have a second hand. So I just waited until itshowed 8:28 to make sure. Of course I missed second placeafter nine hours of racing by 26 seconds. The big E Scow eas-ily won the Dinghy Spinnaker class, as he always doeswhen he competes. The well-sailed Buccaneer of TerryWarren was second. Dave Carlson used his experience towin the Multihull Non-Spin class in his A Cat. He was sec-ond to the RC-30 until near the finish when the wind camefrom behind. Ralph Cole’s G Cat 6.1 meter and DavidIngram’s C2 Formula 18 cat used their asymmetrical spin-nakers to get by him for second and third overall.
The C Scow of Monte Stamper placed first in theMonohull Non-Spinnaker Class. He was right up with thespinnaker dinghies but ran afoul of light air in the middle ofthe wide river and some downwind work which helped thespin boats.
The Rudder Club of Jacksonville, with help from theJacksonville Sail and Power Squadron, Palatka Yacht Cluband the City of Palatka, had over 50 volunteers to make thisevent such a success. There were nearly 100 trophies linedup at the presentation. There were so many divisions andawards that only by going on-line can it be appreciated. So,for complete, exhaustive results and times, go to www.rud-derclub.com/mug.html.
What were the conditions for this year’s Mug Race?Well, a variety. A number of comments were made that it
was great until the Shands Bridge, about two-thirds the way along the course. Those of us whostarted around 8:30 saw upwind work up theriver, upwind work around the first turn—go fig-ure—and then upwind work again until the turnto the Shands Bridge. The variety was a start at 5knots and then an increase to a steady 15 withsome gnarly gusts from aloft that kept sailorsalert. The larger boats really liked these condi-tions. The larger keelboats passed the dinghies,the bigger dinghies pulled ahead of the smallerand the E-Scow, powered by everybody.
I had a great race with a Lightning, Johnson 18,Buccaneer and C Scow. In the wind they usedwaterline to get well ahead. Once in a while, oldage and experience would catch me up a bit. But,just before the Shands, the wind died down andmoved aft. From that point to the finish we had agreat back and forth battle. The wind was verylight, sometimes non-existent. It came from everydirection at one time or another. I used the wind-ward shore, yes the windward shore, using the lit-tle wind that comes over the solid line of trees toget by the faster boats in our little group. But theysoon figured it out and came on over to the easternshore. Lots of tacking for wind pressure ensued.Finally, with a half mile to go and leading, therewas no more windward shore and no more tacks tomake to the finish. The Buccaneer slowly pulled up
and passed, as his Portsmouth Handicap shows he shoulddo. Wish I’d had those 40 seconds at the start.
Would I do the Mug Race again next year? Well, afterfinishing, I figured I was done with the bruises and scrapesin inconvenient places trying to single-hand a dinghy. Butby the next day there were plans on how to set the boat upfor next time.
Yes, only a sailor appreciates the Mug Race.
3rd Annual Tampa Bay Hospice Cupand 30th Morgan InvasionBy Kat Robinson-Malone
The weekend of April 24 brought excitement and energy toDavis Island Yacht Club for the 3rd Annual Tampa BayHospice Cup and 30 Annual Morgan Invasion. The eventpulled together hundreds of volunteers, sponsors, racers andpartygoers. The festivities kicked off on Friday, April 24, withthe skippers meeting and chat with Charley Morgan.
The chat with Charley Morgan focused on the variousstories and experiences that the living legend has been partyto during his many years on and off the water. The chat alsohad a plethora of photos and mementos that Charley gra-ciously shared with the guests.
On Saturday, 76 sailboats from throughout central andwest Florida gathered off the shores of Davis Island to com-pete in the Hospice Cup. The boats were divided into class-es: Morgan-Only Divisions, PHRF Divisions and the Just-for-Fun Division. The Just-for-Fun Division focuses on get-ting boats out on the water for the day—there is no “offi-
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Two Hobies and a Carrera 290 racing in the Mug Race in Jacksonville. Photo byRobert Beringer.
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cial” course, no real rules for racing, and the only mandatefor the sailors is to have fun. The many divisions all focus onhaving a great day and weekend on the water. For threeyears, this fun-for-all-types sailing regatta has raised fundsto support hospice care for patients and fami-lies coping with a life-limiting illness.
The family of the late Jim Davis—long-time supporter of the event and member ofthe Tampa Bay Hospice Board—fired the can-non to signal the start of the races for the day,and the crews headed out to the docks to pre-pare. A group of volunteers delivered coldpre-race beers to the boats as they set out fora day of sailing. The weather also smiled onthe event, with a steady 15 to 20 knots—withhigher puffs and lots of sun.Racing began with the first race signal, whichsent the racers off on a distance course with apursuit-based start time.
After racing, skippers, crew, friends, fam-ily, guests, and supporters of the Hospice CupRegatta received cold beer sponsored byChris Toro (overall winner of last year’sevent) and Charley Morgan’s Angels, alongwith hot pizza from Sally O’Neals PizzaHotline, a long-time supporter of the event.Attendees then enjoyed a raucous session ofKangaroo Court, where for a bit of cash anyprotest was heard by Judge Jamie. Followinga Rum Punch Party, the Band started playing,and the BBQ got underway.
The awards for the Just-for-FunDivision centered on not just thebest performing boats, but alsothose boats and crews that had themost fun on the water. Theseawards included crew wardrobe,drinks, foods, and boat decorations.
The 2015 Tampa Bay HospiceCup and Morgan Invasion isproudly hosted by the DavisIslands Yacht Club. All proceedswill benefit LifePath Hospice andSuncoast Hospice programs andservices for patients and families inHillsborough and Pinellas counties.Many thanks to our sponsors andvolunteers who helped to make theevent a success.
RACE RESULTS (NON-MORGAN BOATS): Multihull: Oh Rodgers and crew onCatraption; Racer/Cruiser: Mike Doyle andcrew on Wing-It; Spin A: Jamie Myers andcrew on Where U Kats At; Spin B: ChrisJones and crew on Privateer; True-Cruising: Art Cupps and crew on FirstWind; Motherlode: Alan Darrow and crewon Avalon.
The Spinnaker fleet in the Tampa Bay Hospice Cup. In the lead is Mike Doyle’s Wing-It, an Irwin Citation, which took first in the Racer Cruiser division. Photo by Rick Maupin.
The crew of Blue Moon, a C& C 40 owned by Nancy Baird and Bob Crawford, inthe Tampa Bay Hospice Cup. Each year, Nancy puts together an all-female crew,who call themselves “Charley’s Angels,” referring, of course, to Charley Morgan.Photo by Rick Maupin.
RACE RESULTS (MORGAN BOATS):Morgan A: 1st, Philip Waller, Long Gone, Morgan 42 Mk I; MorganB: 1st, Dave Pickard, O'TAY TOO, Morgan 34; Morgan C: 1st, JasonBaruch, Mazel, Morgan 28; Morgan D: 1st, Michael Noble, Nobility,Morgan OI 41
By Rick MannoiaPhotos by Sarah Schaefer
Unbeknownst to many, New York—where you can getthe best (or worst) of everything—also has great sail-ing. Although shallow, the south shore of Long Island
has safe, protected saltwater bays offering sailors steadysouthwest breezes. Watch out when the winds shift fromthe northeast. There is a reason we fear ‘Nor Easters.
I cut my teeth sailing on Great South Bay. I started on aSea Snark with my dad in the early 1960s. The bay is formedby the world famous barrier beach, Fire Island, to the south.Nearly 40 miles long and up to 5 miles wide, Great SouthBay offers sailors great sailing and the opportunity to visitsurprisingly gorgeous beaches; all as day trips. If youchose to sail offshore, the Atlantic welcomes you. When youleave the bay via the inlets at Shirley or Babylon, rememberto allow ample time to get around the island. Sailors shoulduse caution, because here, the Atlantic likes to show off.
I’ve known my friend Kim Schaefer since High Schoolin the late 1960s and sailed on his beautiful 1969 Morgan 30,The Blue Whale, for years. We’d sail out of East Islip. Kim isone of the best sailors I know.
The Morgan 30, with its three and a half-foot draft andadjustable seven-foot, two-inch centerboard, pushes thelimits of Great South Bay’s shallow water, but with a keeneye, current charts, and years of sailing experience, keepingher off the many sandbars is possible. At 10,500 pounds,you can’t very well jump overboard and push a Morgan 30off the sand. Skinny water is designed for shallow draft,centerboard boats. For good reason, deep keelboats are fewand far between in those waters.
Morgan, during the 1960s and 1970s made a series ofpowerful, well-built sailing vessels. Constructed during theearly days of fiberglass boatbuilding, Morgan often over-built his boats, making them safe, super-strong and veryreliable. Morgan built a number of 30-footers. The Morgan
30 (aka Morgan 30-1) began produc-tion in 1968, and then came theMorgan Classic with a taller rig. TheMorgan 30-2 came out in 1972 as adifferent boat design. Their KK 30was available as a kit. It would bequite an undertaking building aMorgan 30 in your backyard.
Driving a five-ton sailing vesselgives the helmsman a sense of secu-rity. Her LOA is 29’ 11” and the LWLis 24’ 2”, making it feel like you aredriving a big boat. You are. When 30feet of boat and 10,500 pounds ofdisplacement puts her rail in thewater, sailing becomes quite a thrill.With 4,500 pounds of ballast, the Morgan 30 is a very stableand reliable boat, but you’d be well advised to still hold on.
The Morgan 30 has the traditional sloop rig, with herheadsail going to the masthead. The main carries 232 squarefeet of sail. As with most sailboats, headsails vary widelyfrom captain to captain. Just last season, The Blue Whale out-fitted her 55 pounds of genoa sail with a new Harken rollerfurling system, eliminating the need to climb on the foredeckto swap jibs. When the wind kicks up, dropping 50-plus
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pounds of wet Jenny, stuffing her down the hatch and hank-ing on a storm jib just can’t be safe. Now, reducing headsail
is a breeze [pun] and can be reefed by the helmsman even ifhe is solo sailing. The roller furler also eliminates the need foran extensive sail locker, freeing up valuable cabin space.Purists may disagree and enjoy swapping headsails, but Iwouldn’t have a big boat without a roller furler.
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The Morgan 30’s nine-foot, three-inch beam and nearly sevenfeet of cockpit length allow your crew to sit comfortably withoutcracking knees with every tack.
The cabin top has an ample catwalk, making safe and comfort-able passage onto the foredeck. When it’s wet and snotty, surefooting with proper handgrips can be a life saver.
The 30 is perfectly suited for weekending or extensivelong-distance sailing. Best sailed with a crew of two orthree, she can be solo-sailed with a good captain at thehelm. Her nine-foot, three-inch beam and nearly seven feetof cockpit length allow your crew to sit comfortably withoutcracking knees with every tack. The traveler is positioned
behind the tiller, and the main sheeting is blocked off at theboom end, helping keep the cockpit clear of cleats andsheets. A Bimini top would help cool the cockpit, but NewYork summers aren’t nearly as hot as sailing the St. Johnshere in North Florida.
With over six feet of headroom, even I can move aboutinside the cabin without knocking my noggin. Beautifullytrimmed in mahogany, she has a spacious cabin and ampleroom for six adults. The cabin sole has a convenient accesspanel to the bilge which holds the centerboard cable ifrepairs become necessary.
The cabin has a comfortable dining table that knocksdown to become a bed for two. The forward hatch, with itslarge passageway, allows plenty of air to circulate through-out the cabin and gives you easy access when needed fromthe cabin to the foredeck. Her full galley with alcohol stove,insulated cooler and two sinks, along with the head, largeV-berth and sleeping quarters for six, help make theMorgan 30 a very relaxing escape vessel. You can’t beach aMorgan 30. When dropping the hook off Fire Island, it isonly a short walk or dinghy ride to shore, then a quick hikeover the dunes to the sandy beach. I would hop on thatdinghy again in a Yankee minute if I had the chance.Weekending at Fire Island is one thing I miss most aboutLong Island.
When Kim bought the Morgan nearly 20 years ago, she
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The cabin has a comfortable dining table that knocks down tobecome a bed for two.
came with a retrofitted steering wheel. He replaced it for amore traditional tiller and swapped the Atomic 4 gasolineengine with a three cylinder, 20-hp Beta Marine diesel. Theprospect of building gasoline vapors in a confined spacewas unattractive to the captain.
The mast is cabin-top mounted. Stepping the mast isnot an easy job alone, but with a hoist and blocks, and a lit-tle know-how, it can be done.
The cabin top has an ample catwalk, making safe andcomfortable passage onto the foredeck. When it’s wet andsnotty, sure footing with proper handgrips can be a lifesaver. As a good captain, Kim has an inventory of accessiblePDFs, tow lines, lights, VHS radios and throw buoys. Werun MOD (Man Overboard Drills) from time to time. Hekeeps a full medicine chest, drinking water, food, toolboxand blankets on board. Kim has his GPS swing-mounted
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With over six feet of headroom, even I can move about inside thecabin without knocking my noggin. Beautifully trimmed in mahog-any, she has a spacious cabin and ample room for six adults.
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from the cabin into the cockpit which sometimes interfereswith passage from inside to out. Be careful here. Caution tothe crew: beware the wrath of the captain.
I’ve been both a passenger and crew on The Blue Whale.She is a great sailing boat and is beautiful with her time-honored classic, traditional, sailboat lines. Kim is a memberof the SBS (South Bay Sailors) and competes in the sum-mertime SBS races. For a 30-foot, 10,500-pound boat, she isplenty fast. His being a great captain also helps. Togetherwe sailed the annual Mayors Cup hosted by the BabylonYacht Club a few years back. Winds at 18-25mph, lots ofcompetition, and sailing back and forth and under the sisterbridges of the Robert Moses Causeway made for a beautifulday, long remembered. We may not have won, but we fin-ished high enough in the standings to hold our heads up.
Kim has taken his Blue Whale offshore in the Atlantic,rounded Montauk Point at the east end of Long Island andsailed to Block Island and back in the often-treacherouswaters of the Long Island Sound. Quite an adventure.
Over the years I’ve grown to really like this boat andenvy her captain. I hope that when my travels bring me backto New York I get to sail on The Blue Whale again. I think if Iask Kim nicely, he’ll at least take me along as ballast.
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Table of ContentsRegional Calendars (Including regular club racing)
Southeast Coast (NC, SC, GA)East FloridaSoutheast FloridaFlorida KeysWest FloridaNorthern Gulf Coast (Florida Panhandle, AL, MS, LA, TX)
NOTE ON REGIONAL RACE CALENDARSRegattas and Club Racing—Open to Everyone Wanting to Race For the races listed here, no individual club membership isrequired, although a regional PHRF rating, or membershipin US SAILING or other sailing association is oftenrequired. To list an event, email [email protected]. Send the information. DO NOT just send alink. Since race schedules and venues change, contact thesponsoring organization to confirm. Contact informationfor the sailing organizations listed here is listed in the south-ern yacht club directory at www.southwindsmagazine.com.
Club Racing. Many clubs have regular club races yeararound open to everyone and new crew is generally invitedand sought. Contact the club for dates and information.Individual club races are not listed here. We will list yourclub races only if they happen on a regular schedule.
For a list of yacht clubs and sailing organizations in theSoutheast, go to www.southwindsmagazine.com.
Note: In the below calendars: YC = Yacht Club; SC =Sailing Club; SA = Sailing Association.
Major Upcoming Regattas
52nd Annual Ocracoke Regatta,Washington, NC, June 20McCotters Marina sponsors the Pamlico Sailing Club’sOcracoke Regatta which goes from Indian Island on thePamlico Sound near Washington, NC, to Ocracoke on theOuter Banks. It is claimed to be the longest running big boatevent on the east coast because it’s the most FUN! The raceis open to any vessel in seaworthy condition—for anyone whowants to spend a fun day out on the with a party afterwardsin Ocracoke.
Classes include Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker and aspecial “Party” Class provided for power and sailboats whodon’t want to race. Otherwise, race classes will be followingUS SAILING rules of racing. For more information, go towww.yachtworld.com/mccottersmarina, and click onCalendar of Events.
14th Annual Harker’s IslandSunfish Regatta, Harker’s Island,NC, July 11-12The Island Wind Race, held on Saturday, is often describedas an obstacle course where sailors choose which directionthey circumnavigate the island, typically with a reliable seabreeze. Post race appetizers, beverages, a low country boildinner and video tape replay of the race are included andthis year’s party features a rum cake dessert contest.
Sunday’s schedule includes breakfast and short-courseracing in the morning followed by lunch and an awardspresentation. Old, but seaworthy boats can choose to com-pete in the new “Beater” class and the event can be an all-out race or simply a memorable outing.
Sponsored by the My Own Bloody Yacht Club.www.mobyachtclub.com. Click on Harker’s Island. For reg-istration information and details, contact Rob Eberle at [email protected]
Charleston Yacht Club OpenRegatta, Charleston, SC, July 18This youth regatta is one of the largest events the yacht clubsupports during the year with over 100 boats participating.Several classes race: J/24s, SIOD, E-Scows, Melges 24, Y-Flyers, MC Scows, Sunfish, Lasers, 420s and Optimists. Onoccasion, there have been fleets of Snipes, Holders, JY-15sand Hobies. Sailors travel from the many locations in theSoutheast, including SAYRA clubs located in Georgia,North Carolina and South Carolina. For more informationand the NOR, go to http://charlestonyachtclub.com.
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Club Racing: Go to the local association and club websites for club racing.
The following organizations do not post their races beyond the current month and are not listed in the below calendars:Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NCSee club website for local club racing.Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.comSee club website for local club racing.
South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of theclubs in the region and their websites. www.sayra-sailing.com.(state in parenthesis, eg, SC=South Carolina). (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)
JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)13-14 Reggae Regatta. Open. Lake Lanier SC (GA)13-14 SCYC Open Regatta. South Carolina YC (SC)20 Annual Ocracoke Regatta (NC)*20-21 James Island Open. James Island SC (SC)25-30 US Sailing Jr. Women’s Double-handed Champs. 420s.
Carolina SC (SC)27-28 Low Country Regatta. Open. Beaufort Yacht & SC. (SC)
JULY(* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)4 Commodore’s Regatta. PHRF. Cape Fear YC (NC)4-5 4th Regatta. Open. Lake Norman YC (NC)11-12 Hobcaw Open Regatta. Open. Hobcaw YC (SC)
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11-12 Harker’s Island Sunfish Regatta.*19-20 Governor’s Cup Regatta. Open. Carolina SC (SC)20-21 James Island Open. James Island YC (SC)25-30 US Sailing Jr. Women’s Double-handed Champs. 420s.
Carolina SC (SC)27-28 Low Country Regatta. Open. Beaufort Yacht & SC (SC)
CHARLESTON OCEAN RACING ASSOCIATION (CORA).www.charlestonoceanracing.org. South Carolina
JUNE-JULYNo regattas scheduled. Go to CORA website for local club racing.
LAKE LANIER, GA. Lanier Auxiliary Race Committee. http://aiscracing.com/aiscracing/LARC/LakeSchedule.php See club website for local club racing.LLSC. Lake Lanier SC. www.llsc.comBFSC. Barefoot SC. www.barefootsailing.orgAISC. Atlanta Inland SC. www.aiscracing.comSSC. Southern SC. www.southernsailing.org
JUNE20-21 Reggae Regatta. LLSC27 Couples Race. SSC
JULY19 Newcomers Race. SSC
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Club Racing (contact club or website for details):Rudder Club of Jacksonville (www.rudderclub.com): Weekendraces organized seasonally and biweekly races on St. Johns River.Indian River YC (www.sail-race.com/iryc): Weekend races organ-ized seasonally. Spring-Summer series begins the first Wednesdayafter daylight savings begins. Wednesday Evening races weekly.The catamaran section of the club has fun sails on the third week-end each month at Kelly Park on Merritt Island.Melbourne YC (www.melbourneyachtclub.com) holds reversehandicap races on alternating weekends; Sunday afternoons in thewinter and Friday nights from April to Oct. Small boat Sundays onalternate weekends year around. MYC sponsors a Dragon PointRace Series for Co-ed racers and a monthly all-female DP series.Halifax River YC (www.hryc.com). Commodore Cup Races.Halifax SA (www.halifaxsailing.org): Sunfish racing weekly; raceseries organized seasonally.Lake Monroe SA (www.flalmsa.org): Sailing on Lake Monroe, asegment of the St. Johns River. Tequila Sunday Racing and JagerCup Race series, alternating every two weeks, with one race in theseries held monthly. March through October, Wednesday NightRum Races. Seasonal race series on Saturdays once a month. Manatee Cove Marina (at Patrick AFB, Satellite Beach) sponsorsmonthly races. www.gopatrickfl.com/marina.html. Lake Eustis SC (www.lakeeustissailingclub.org): Saturday andSunday races MC Scows. Flying Scots, Wayfarers, Lasers—twice amonth, September through May. Laser races every two weeks dur-ing the summer.Port Canaveral YC Sunday Funday PHRF ocean races secondSunday of each month. www.pcyc-fl.org.
JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)
6 Jesse Ball Regatta. Epping Forest YC6-7 Spring Regatta. Titusville Sailing Center20 Blue Max Race. North Florida Cruising Club20 Solstice Regatta. Smyrna YC21 Father’s Day Race. St. Augustine YC21 Father’s Day Race. Melbourne YC28 Spring Fling Race. Ft. Pierce YC
JULY4 Fire Cracker Ocean Regatta. Port CanaveralYC4 Annual Patriotic Salute Boat Parade. Ft. PierceYC12 Double Handed Race. Halifax RiverYC12 Liberty Race. St. AugustineYC26 Ft. Pierce Summer Doldrums Race. Ft. PierceYC.
AUGUST1 Moonlight Race. Rudder Club of Jacksonville1 Full Moon Race. St. AugustineYC
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Regional Sailing Organizations:US PHRF of Southeast Florida. www.phrfsef.comBBYRA Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association. www.bbyra.net
Clubs (go to clubs for local club racing schedules)BBYC Biscayne Bay YC. www.biscaynebayyachtclub.comCGSC Coconut Grove Sailing Club. www.cgsc.orgCRYC Coral Reef YC. www.coralreefyachtclub.org. KBYC Key Biscayne YC. www.kbyc.orgLYC Lauderdale YC. www.lyc.orgMYC Miami YC. www.miamiyachtclub.com. USSC US Sailing Center
JUNE6 BBYRA One Design #97 BBYRA PHRF #920 BBYRA PHRF #1027 BBYRA One Design #10
JULY11-12 J/24 Fleet 10 Districts. USSC18 Commodore’s Cup. CGSC
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Key West Community Sailing Center (formerly Key West SailingClub). Every Saturday – Open house at the Center. 10:00 a.m. to1:00 p.m. Friday evenings happy hour open house at 5 p.m. (305)292-5993. www.keywestsailingsailingcenter.com. Sailboat Lane offPalm Avenue in Key West. Non-members welcome. Small-boatWednesday night racing during Daylight Savings season. Small-
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boat Sunday racing year around at 1 p.m. Boat ramp available.Race in the seaplane basin near the mooring field. Dinner anddrinks afterward.
Upper Keys Sailing Club (UKSC).www.upperkeyssailingclub.com. Go to the Club website for regu-lar club racing open to all.
JUNE-JULYNo races scheduled.
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The organizing authority for racing and boat ratings in WestFlorida is West Florida PHRF at www.westfloridaphrf.org. Forregatta schedules and Boat of the Year schedules, go to the WestFlorida Yacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org.
Club Racing Boca Ciega YC. Gulfport. PHRF racing, spin and non-spin everythird Sunday at 1 p.m. Skippers meeting at 10 a.m. (727) 423-6002. Dinghy racing every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. during daylightsavings season. www.sailbcyc.org.Bradenton YC. Winter Races: Starting in October until April. Racesat 1400 hours each Sunday. Thursday evening races at 1830 hoursbeginning in April through Daylight Savings Time. PHRF racingon Manatee River. Lower Tampa Bay race second Saturday of eachmonth. Contact John Izmirlian at 941-587-7758 or [email protected]. Clearwater Community Sailing Center. Regular weekend clubraces. www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org. Davis Island YC. Regular club racing weekly. www.diyc.org. Dunedin Boat Club. Spring/Fall PHRF racing in the Gulf ofMexico; June-Aug. Bay racing in St. Joseph’s Sound, alternateWednesday nights. Paul Auman at (727) 688-1631, or [email protected]. Edison Sailing Center. Fort Myers. Sunfish and dinghy racing once a month, [email protected] Point Yacht Club. Weekly PHRF racing on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. on Charlotte Harbor.www.ppycbsm.comPort Charlotte. Third Saturday of month, [email protected] Gorda Sailing Club. Charlotte Harbor. Weekly racing. www.pgscweb.com. Safety Harbor Boat Club. Saturday races year around, usuallytwice a month, once a month during summer. Wednesday eveningraces organized seasonally. For the current schedule, go towww.safetyharborboatclub.com.Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Sunday series, year around with skip-pers meeting at noon. April through September Friday eveningracing. 5:45 skippers meeting. www.sarasotasailingsquad.org. St. Pete Yacht Club. Friday evenings (except April 3) through Aug.28. 1630 starts off The Pier. www.spyc.org. St. Pete Sailing Association. Weekly club racing. www.spsa.usVenice Sailing Squadron. Saturdays. First Saturday of eachmonth, PHRF racing. Start at mouth of Venice Inlet. www.venice-sailing-squadron.org
Boat of the Year Races (BOTY) (please check with West FloridaYacht Racing Association at www.wfyra.org). For complete details,go to www.wfyra.org and click on the regional associations inSouthwest Florida pertaining each area below:Tampa Bay/Suncoast (also known as West Florida BOTY) (SCBOTY)Davis Island YC Boat of the: (DIBOTY)Gulf Boat of the Year: (WFPHRF Gulf BOTY) (SPORC)Caloosahatchee Boat of the Year: (CaBOTY)Charlotte Harbor: (CHBOTY)Sarasota Bay: (SBYABOTY) Naples/Marco Island: (N/MBOTY)
JUNE2 Annual Master Calendar Meeting. St. Pete YC6 Commodore’s Cup. Tampa Sailing Squadron
JULY - no regattas scheduled
Major Upcoming Regattas
52nd Annual Navy Cup, Navy Yacht Club, Pensacola, FL, June 12-14The Navy Yacht Club will be celebrating its 52nd year ofhosting this regatta for the Navy Cup Trophy. Races will beheld both in Bayou Grande and in Pensacola Bay with raceactivities being held at the Navy Yacht Club at the BayouGrande Marina. Small boat racing will be in the bayou, withthe PHRF sailboats competing on Pensacola Bay. Yacht clubteams will race against other club teams for most points. Allyacht clubs in the Gulf Coast are invited. The top three scor-ing boats in each class will be presented awards.www.navypnsyc.org.
Race to the Coast, New Orleans,June 13Sponsored by the Southern Yacht Club, this race was firstheld on July 4, 1850. It is known as America’s oldest dis-tance race. The race sails through the Lake Pontchartrain,the Rigolets, Lake Borgne to the Mississippi Sound. Formore details, go to www.southernyachtclub.org.
59th Billy Bowlegs Festival andRegatta, Fort Walton Beach YachtClub, June 13-14This week-long event is filled with family events for allages. It is focused on the charismatic character BillyBowlegs, a local northwest Florida pirate. Three class divi-sions are expected: Spinnaker A and B, Cruiser, and J/22.All racing will be held in Choctawhatchee Bay. For more
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information and to register online, go to www.fwyc.org.
GYA Challenge Cup, Pensacola Yacht Club, June 19-21The Gulfport Yacht Club hosts the regatta this year withboats from 33 northern Gulf Coast clubs racing. Rulesrequire that the skipper, helmsman, and at least 50 percentof its crew (including skipper and helmsman) must havebeen members of the yacht club represented by the boat forthe six months preceding the event. In addition, only threeor four boats from each club are allowed to compete and arelimited to one boat per class. A boat can represent only oneyacht club, and each boat shall have sailed 50 recordedmiles in the GYA PHRF race data program to be eligible torace. Registration on Friday, with racing Saturday andSunday. Go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org.
Gulfport to Pensacola Race, June 26This annual 100-mile race is sponsored by the GulfportYacht Club, the Southern Yacht Club, the Pensacola YachtClub and the Gulf Yachting Association. The race goes fromthe channel entrance at Gulfport, MS, along the Gulf Coastto the channel entrance of Pensacola Pass. For more infor-mation, go to www.pensacolayachtclub.org
USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival, Gulf Coast, July 3-5Optimist Red, White, Blue and Green Fleet; Laser, LaserRadial and Laser 4.7; Club 420s; Flying Scott. PensacolaYacht Club. www.pensacolayachtclub.org.
41st Annual Horn Island Hop,Ocean Springs, MS, July 4-5A multihull regatta launching from Ocean Springs YachtClub and racing out to Horn Island. The sailors lunch, thenrace back. The final leg is the next day when there isanother opportunity to beat the time around Deer Island.Go to www.osyc.com for more information.
Texas Youth Race Week, Houston Yacht Club, July 11-17 A US Junior Olympics Sailing Event and USODA TeamTrails Qualifier hosted annually by Texas Corinthian YachtClub (Kemah), Lakewood Yacht Club (Seabrook), and theHouston Yacht Club. www.texasyouthraceweek.com
Women’s Trilogy Races, July 18,July 25, Aug. 1The Women’s Trilogy Series is typically held every July andAugust. The first race, the Bikini Regatta, is held at theNavy Yacht Club in Pensacola. It will be held July 18 onPensacola Bay. In this regatta, a female sailor must be at thehelm and 50 percent of the crew must be female.www.navypnsyc.org. The second race, the Race for theRoses, will be held on July 25 at the Pensacola Beach Yacht
Club and only female crew are allowed to race. www.pen-sacolabeach-yc.org. The third race, the Fast Women Regatta,is at the Point Yacht Club in Josephine, AL, and will be heldon Aug. 1 on Perdido Bay. In this race, a female sailor mustbe at the helm and 50 percent of the crew must be female.www.pointyachtclub.org. Awards will be at each regatta.At the last regatta, there will be a special Trilogy Trophy forthe contestant who enters all three races and earns the mostcombined points.
Texas Race Week 2015, Galveston, TX, July 23-25Texas Race Week is the premiere offshore yacht-racingevent held by the Galveston Bay Cruising Association(GBCA), with race headquarters at the Galveston YachtClub. The regatta encompasses three days of offshore sail-boat racing on a variety of courses, beginning on Thursdaywith a 15- to 30-mile offshore route that lasts for five hours.Courses on Friday and Saturday run along the beach soonshore spectators can view the racing. The 40 to 50 yachtsexpected to compete will race PHRF, One-design and levelfleets. Register online at www.gbca.org.
Northern Gulf Coast Race CalendarSee local club websites for club races.Below schedules are tentative. The Gulf Yachting Association wasscheduled to finalize schedules after the February press date.Contact the club websites for confirmation.
Clubs with regattas listed this monthBWYC Bay Waveland YC, Bay St. Louis, MSBYC Biloxi YC, Biloxi, MSBucYC Buccaneer YC, Mobile, ALCSA Corinthian SA, New Orleans, LAFYC Fairhope YC, Fairhope, ALFWYC Fort Walton YC, Ft. Walton Beach, FLGBCA Galveston Bay Cruising Assoc., Galveston, TXGYA Gulf Yachting AssociationGYC Gulfport YC, Gulfport, MSHYC Houston YC, Houston, TXLBYC Long Beach YC, Long Beach, MSLYC Lakewood YC, Seabrook, TXMYC Mobile YC, Mobile,ALNOYC New Orleans YC, New Orleans,LANYCP Navy YC Pensacola, FLOSYC Ocean Springs YC, Ocean Springs, MSPBYC Pensacola Beach YC, Pensacola Beach, FLPCYC Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MSPYC Pensacola YC, Pensacola, FLPontYC Pontchartrain YC, New Orleans, LAStABYC St. Andrew’s Bay YC, Panama City, FLSYC Southern YC, New Orleans, LA
JUNE (* = see “Major Upcoming Regattas” this section)6 Cancer Society Regatta. PYC6 Single-Handed Race. CSA North Shore Fleet6-7 Candler Regatta. StABYC6-7 School’s Out Regatta. PontYC12-14 52nd Annual Navy Cup. NYCP*13 Race to the Coast. SYC13 New Orleans to Gulfport Race. SYC13 Children’s Hospital Charity. FYC13-14 Billy Bowlegs Regatta. FWYC*
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2009 DYER DHOW. 8 feet. Very good condi-tion, oars w/leather, engine mount, embed-ded serial numbers, perfect towing, three per-sons plus equipment. 4-cycle Yamaha 2.5engine. $1000 for boat. Engine $500. RichardEdson (727) 940-2695. (8/15)
17’ Com-Pac Suncat 2013. Excellent condi-tion, trailer, unique hinged mast system, shoaldraft keel, outboard brackets, bimini, lazyjack, portable head, transom ladder, sleeps 2.$19,831. Call Paul at Masthead Enterprises,800-783-6953, or (727) 327-5361.www.mastheadsailinggear.com
1985 Wilkinson 22 ft Cat Boat. Gaff Rig, 8HPYanmar Diesel rebuilt 2012, Hull refinished2014, V-berth, enclosed head, galley sink,large storage areas. Call (813) 447-1989.Lauderdale area, make offer. (7/15)
24’ Bahama Sandpiper. Gaff-rigged CatKetch, 1978, with trailer. Pocket cruiser is ahead turner in any fleet, by Chuck Paine. 18”draft, 1500# lead ballast. $3,500. StewartMarine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. www.mari-nesource.com. [email protected]
Classic 1968 Morgan 24/25. Good Doylesails. 155%, 110%, storm jib. Hull gelcoat in2012. 6 hp Nissan OB. Located in Gulfport,Florida. $2500. Contact Pete at (727) 776-1353. (6/15)
26’ Seaward 26RK 2012 w/Trailer, 1’3 to 6’draft, electric retractable keel, mast lower-ing/raising system, 8 S/S ports, roller furlinggenoa, $69,900. 800-826-2807. Pics & specsat www.MurrayYachtSales.com
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1984 27’ Albin Family Cruiser. Trawler cruis-ing on a budget. Diesel engine, wind andsolar power, air conditioning, inverter, refrig-eration, center cockpit with forward and pri-vate aft stateroom. Alan (941) [email protected]. Details at;www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $25,000
H-28 by Parkins Marine, Fort Lauderdale.Fiberglass. 1982 cutter rig, Yanmar 2GMdiesel. Impeccably maintained by professionalyacht captain owner. Many upgrades. Asking$49,500. Negotiable. Located St. Augustine.For details, call Bill at (239) 246-1777. (8/15)
1976 28’ Sabre - $20,000 - Curtis Stokes -(954) 684-0218 [email protected]
1987 30’ Catalina MKII. 3’10” Shoal-draftwing keel, one-owner boat with roller furlinghead sail, Universal diesel, propane SS cook-top w/oven, microwave, shore power, all orig-inal except for custom hard bimini top and ingood condition. $16,900. Call George (941)792-9100 Grand Slam Yacht Sales
31’ Pacific Seacraft Mariah 1977. Yanmardiesel, project boat, needs starboard side caprail, electrical and interior clean up. Please callGeorge for details and appointment forinspection. Asking $19,900 with offersencouraged. (941) 792-9100. Grand Slamyacht Sales.
1984 31’ Hunter Shoal Draft Sloop. Rollerfurling headsail, Yanmar FWC diesel, MarineAir/Heat, Garmin Chart plotter/sounder, sailsin very good condition with newer sun guardsapplied, recent bottom job, new bimini, cock-pit cushions, stack pack and sail cover.$16,900. Call George (941) 792-9100 GrandSlam Yacht Sales
32’ CATALINA 320 1999. Well keptracer/cruiser. Roller furling jib. Flaking systemon main. Yanmar 27hp recently maintained.Wing keel. Lots of electronics with portable airconditioner and flat screen TV included. Fullcockpit bimini. Clean and smells like new.Motivated seller. $62,500 obo. Call Dave at(941) 685-5755. (8/15)
32 ft. Dutchflyer/Holland Yachts 1983. Fullyequipped for cruising/liveaboard. Solar pan-els, full enclosure, radar, chartplotter,Autohelm, SSB, TV antenna, 3GMF Yanmar,new bottom paint. Just returned fromBahamas. $27,000. Located in LaBelle, [email protected] (410) 279-7942. (7/15)
32’ PDQ Altair LRC 1999. Twin inboardYanmars 18hp, 2014 rebuilt raw waterpumps, 2009 refrigerator, hardtop bimini,dodger, elect windlass, 2 solar 135 watts,Raymarine SC 70 C/Tridata/wind/auto pilot,& MORE! $129,000. Call Cal @ (561) 312-0010. www.CatamaransFlorida.com. EdwardsYacht Sales
33’ Tartan, 1981. Speed by S&S, tough byTartan, 3 sails, 24hp diesel, 4’5” Scheel keel.$23,000. Stewart Marine, Miami. (305) 815-2607. [email protected]
34’ Beneteau 343 2008. 4’9 draft, in-mastfurling, AC, Electronics, Bimini/Dodger,Refrig/Freezer. $95,000. (727) 214-1590. Pics& Specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
1984 34’ Sabre Classic. A rare opportunity topurchase a classic boat that needs a little“sweat equity”. Centerboard; 4’ draft, sails,canvas, diesel, new batteries. See our websitefor details on what she needs for restoration.www.windsweptyachtsales.com. Alan (941)350-1559. [email protected]. $13,000.
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34’ Hook Kelly Custom. 1982. Diesel runsperfect. Excellent condition. Price cut to$12,500 OBO. Owner retired and anxious tosell. Proven PHRF winner. Contact Terry at(941) 723-6560. (6/15)
1992 34’ Sabre Classic. Diesel, radar, GPS,Exc sail inventory including spinnaker.Refrigeration, 4’6” Wing keel. Bimini/Dodgerand more. Alan (941) [email protected]. Details at;www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $94,500.
35’ Cal-Jensen Reconditioned Hull, dual cus-tom aluminum tanks, mast, boom, pole,“newly” overhauled Westerbeke engine, andmore. In Kemah, TX. Bidding, terms, condi-tions, photos. ONLINE ONLY. May 29-June 25at TEXASAUCTIONS.BIZ (6/15)
36’ Presto Ketch 1982. Fiberglass, shoaldraft, tanbark sails, Yanmar 30 diesel. Perfectfor Bahamas, Florida Keys and Chesapeake.$24,800. Located in NC. Specs and picturesat www.beaufortyachtsales.com
1995 36’ Catalina MK II - $74,500 – CurtisStokes – (954) 684-0218 – [email protected] – www.curtisstokes.net
36’ Allied Princess Schooner 1978. GOGREEN! Custom refit in 2013! ELECTRIC 10kw48 volt engine! NEW sails, 2 solar panels,Vesper AIS Transceiver, elect windlass,HydroVane steering, composting toilet, &MORE! $39,500. Call David @ (305) 394-4266. www.SaiboatsinFlorida.com, EdwardsYacht Sales
Irwin 37 1976 CC. 4-108, solar panels,Windgen, shoal draft, Profurl, new sails,Autopilot, GPS, depth, VHF, SSB, TV, bimini,dodger. Good liveaboard. $28,000. [email protected]. (954) 524-5084. (6/15)
Several like new, one-owner Catalina 350s &Catalina 375s available! Dunbar Sales, Inc.,www.dunbaryachts.com. (800) 282-1411.
1993 NAJAD 370 from Sweden. VolvoDiesel, New Generator, Bow Thruster, AirConditioning, In-Mast Furling, Roller FurlingHead Sail, New Teak Decks, Beautiful CenterCockpit Performance Cruiser in excellent con-dition. Call for appointment (941) 792-9100Note: vessel is currently restricted from sale inUS waters-$179,000. (6/15)
1979 Shannon 38 ketch. Recent upgrades.New engine, batteries, inverter, stove, var-nish, cabin sole, wiring, electronics andupholstery. Cost of upgrades approximately$50,000. Asking price $99,900. Negotiable.Call David Martin at (864) 378-2889. (7/15)
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1987 38’ Cabo Rico - $99,000 – Bill Nelson –(954) 328-0074 – [email protected] –www.curtisstokes.net
2008 38’ Hunter. Loaded, Factory Mariner’sPackage, Bristol, shoal draft, genset, AC,watermaker, satellite TV, tender, must see.$129,900. Grand Slam Yacht Sales.Call Jim(904) 652-8401.
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38’ Catalina 380 ‘97 & ‘00 models to choosefrom, shoal & deep draft, in-mast furling &standard, air conditioning, cushions and morestarting at $84,900. (800) 826-2807. Pics &specs at www.MurrayYachtSales.com
1984 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Classic Layout.4’3” draft. In mast furling, Diesel, stainlessports, GPS, VHF, Xantrex inverter, refrigera-tion, Gori prop, and more. Alan (941) 350-1559. [email protected]. Details at;www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $59,900
1983 38’ Sabre Centerboard. Aft CabinLayout. 4’3” draft, stackpack mainsail, GPS,VHF, numerous updates and beautiful teakinterior. Alan (941) 350-1559. [email protected]. Details at; www.windsweptyacht-sales.com. $49,900
39’ Irwin, 1978. “Everything works, No leaks”400-watt solar charger mounted on arch.30hp. Yanmar, carefully rebuilt. 4’3”draft. Now $27,500. Stewart Marine, Miami(305) 815-2607. [email protected]
40’ Hunter Legend 1987. Sloop-rigged, aftcockpit beauty! 40hp Yanmar, NEW 2013:standing & running rigging, chartplotter,VHF, battery charger, holding tanks, & MORE!$50,000, Call Steve @ (813) 917-1175.www.SailboatsinFlorida.com. Edwards YachtSales
40’ Tashing Baba 1983. Yanmar 28hp. NEWin 2010: 3.5kw gen, standing rigging, back-stay, windlass, AC, alum fuel tank, electmarine head, refrig & freezer, battery charger,Garmin sonar & radar, & MORE! MUST SEE!$99,000. Call Steve @ (813) 917-1175.www.SailboatsinFlorida.com. Edwards YachtSales
42’ Jeanneau 42 DS 2007. In-Mast Furling,Shoal Keel, Genset, AC, Full Electronics, BowThruster, Windlass, Electric Winch, FullCanvas, Very Clean & True Turn Key.$205,000. (504) 283-2507. Pics & Specs atwww.MurrayYachtSales.com
Catalina 42s. Two available – one owner,loaded, low hours. Call (800) 282-1411 fordetailed listings.
43’ Fountaine Pajot Belize. Owners edition2006 vintage with all options plus. $449,500.Please contact Ed at Punta Gorda YachtBrokers in South Florida at (941) 833-0099.
43’ Beneteau Sense 2011. In mast furling,AC, genset, davits, dinghy & OB, full elec-tronics, full canvas pack, two cabin/1 head,bow thruster. $309,000. (727) 214-1590.Pictures & specs atwww.MurrayYachtSales.com.
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Bristol 41.1 aft cockpit 1985. PerfectFlorida/Bahamas cruiser with 4'6" draft.$95,000. Broker Bill Eve at 386-451-3931.www.DaytonaYachts.com (6/15)
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44' Gallart Motor Sailor, 1982. With Twin 65hp Volvo Diesel Straight Drives, DieselGenerator, 3 Cabins, 2 Heads, 2 HelmStations, GPS, Radar, SSB, Solar, VHF, Stereo,TV, Dinghy w/OB, RF Main, RF Jib. Needssome TLC. $59,900. At our docks in Cortez,FL. Call George (941) 792-9100
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2002 46’ Ray Creekmore Custom BuiltCenter Cockpit. Aft owner’s stateroom, Cutterrigged, diesel, solid construction. Alan (941)350-1559. [email protected]. Details at;www.windsweptyachtsales.com. $49,900.
47’ CSK catamaran. Cold mold construction,1962, 18 1/2’ beam, 3’ draft, 55hp diesel, 4sails. This Rudy Choy design, with asymmetri-cal hulls, was ahead of her time$35,000. Stewart Marine, Miami, (305) 815-2607
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Bavaria Cruiser 50, 2013. Still Brand Newwith that Brand New Smell! Stayed withDealer until January 2015...only thing wrongwas it needed to be bigger for the family!Amazing opportunity to buy NEW with aHUGE discount! Call James Tiernan at (832)849-7322. www.theyachtsalescompany.com
1996 51’ Little Harbor Tara Chase –$299,500 (772) 202-0676, or tara @curtis-stokes.net www.curtisstokes.net
53-foot Hinckley World Cruiser. Major refit.5’ 10” centerboard draft, 135 hp Lehman,Elect. winches, 12.5 KW Gen., 2 A/Cs, rollerfurling, bowthruster, liferaft. $219K. Alsoavailable to buy/mtge—a 67-foot liveaboardslip in Marathon. (516) 448-9452. (6/15)
61’ Custom Pedrick Cutter 1985. Set up forshort or single handed cruising, keel/cb forshoal waters, electric winches, HoodStowaway mast, Air & Genset. REDUCED to$219k. Contact Kelly Bickford CPYB, (727)599-17818, or email [email protected].
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Absolute Tank Cleaning........................16Advanced Sails .....................................20Allstate Insurance .................................13American Rope & Tar ...........................17Anchor Rescue .....................................17Art of Wooden Boat Repair...................17Atlantic Sail Traders ..............................20Bacon Sails ...........................................20Beaver Flags .........................................17Beneteau Sailboats ...............................64Beta Marine .........................................24Bimini Bay Sailboat Rentals..............15,22Blenker Boatworks & Marina ................32Bluewater Sailing School .................15,23BoatNames.net ....................................16Bone Island Regatta ...............................9Borel ....................................................17Cajun Trading Rigging .........................20Cape Coral Yacht Basin ........................32Capt Marti’s Books/Seminars ................16Capt. Rick Meyer..................................17Catamaran Boatyard .......................16,33C-Head Compost Toilets.......................18Clearwater Municipal Marina ...............32Coolnet Hammocks..............................18CopperCoat .........................................31CPT Autopilot.......................................58Cracker Boy Boatyard...........................33Cruising Guide to Cuba .......................17Cruising Solutions ..................................6Cuba Cruising Guide............................17Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage ..............53Dockside Radio.....................................24Doctor LED ..........................................41Dry Bunks ............................................26Dunbar Sales ........................................49Dunbar Sales Sailing School .................15Dwyer mast..........................................58Eastern Yachts/Beneteau.......................64Ecotop .................................................18Edwards Yacht Sales .............................50EisenShine ............................................16Fair Winds Boat Repairs ........................19Far East Sailmakers ...............................40First Patriot Insurance......................12,13Fishermen’s Village Marina ...................25Flying Scot ...........................................16Froli Sleep ............................................18Garhauer................................................2Glades Boat Storage..........................7,33Grand Slam Yacht Sales........................49Gulfport City Marina ............................29Harbourgate Marina.............................33Hero’s Loop..........................................17Hidden Harbor Marina .........................33Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack ........................5Hotwire/Fans & other products ...........18Indiantown Marina...............................33Irish Sail Lady .......................................20J Prop...................................................42J/Boats - Murray Yacht Sales .................51Kelly Bickford, Broker ...........................49
Key Lime Sailing...................................19Keys Rigging ........................................20KnotStick..............................................18Lasdrop ................................................29Laser ......................................................5Lippinscott Canvas ...............................25Mack Sails ............................................30Madeira Beach Municipal Marina ...........6Marine Tech Services............................16Martek Davits.......................................40Masthead Enterprises .................18,21,52Mastmate ............................................18Mobile Marine Services ........................16Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau ...............51National Sail Supply .............................21Nature’s Head ......................................19Nickle Atlantic ......................................18North Sails ..........................................35Optimist.................................................5Outland Hatch Covers..........................19Panama City Marina.............................32Paradise Marina....................................33Pasadena Marina..................................32Ponce de Leon Hotel ............................59Port Visor .............................................26Precision.................................................5Punta Gorda Yacht Brokers...................52Regatta Pointe Marina..........................32Regatta Time in Abaco .........................11Rigging Only........................................20Safe Cove Boat Storage........................41Sail Repair ............................................21Salt of a Sailor book .............................17Schurr Sails...........................................36Sea School ...........................................14SeaTech................................................59Seaworthy Goods............................19,26Simple Sailing ......................................15Smartkat Catamarans ...........................43Source Mobile Marine ..........................16Sparcraft - Wichard ................................8Sparman USA.......................................28Spotless Stainless..................................19St. Petersburg Marina...........................32Sunfish ...................................................5Sunrise Sails, Plus .................................20Sunset Cay Marina ...............................33Tackle Shack...........................................5Teak Guard...........................................44Teak Hut...............................................19The Yacht Sales Company ....................52TideSlide ................................................5Tiki Water Sports ..................................20Tohatsu Outboards...............................20Twin Dolphin Marina ...........................32UK Sailmakers ......................................21Ullman sails .....................................16,21US SAILING ............................................3US Spars...............................................37Vacu Wash............................................21Wheelez ...............................................43Wichard - Sparcraft ................................8Winch Bit .............................................28Windrider Trimarans .............................22Windswept Yacht Sales.........................63Zarcor ..................................................10
merge. When they surface, they sit in arelaxed, duck-like fashion and kick theirheads back, as if drinking a shot ofwhiskey, and work their catch down theirthroats.
Later in the day, several men precar-iously positioned a small Jacuzzi on thebow of a boat where it clearly didn'tbelong. Our new friend David is a perma-nent resident and as he was passing by,he remarked, "Things are going to getvery interesting around here the closer itgets to the Jimmy Buffett concert."
An outdoor amphitheater is onsitethat draws all kinds of musical talent—but none as big as the legendary JimmyBuffett.
And David was right. On the day ofthe concert, tens of thousands of parrotheads migrated to The Wharf. Middleaged men and women were dressed inoutfits that displayed every color of therainbow. Men strutted around shirtlesswith coconut bras, and just about every-body adorned some sort of creative head-gear that resembled a shark fin, palmtrees and of course, parrots.
The marina was full to capacity, andJimmy Buffett tunes emanated from justabout every boat. Conch Republic flagsflew high from sailboat masts and a con-stant cheering and laughter driftedaround the yachts that made it impossiblenot to smile.
And just as quickly as the ParrotHeads flocked in, they were gone.Roxanne and I spent the next morningdrinking coffee on the back deck watch-ing the shrimp boats return from a nightof hard work.
David stopped by and asked, "Youtwo going to the mullet toss this week-end?"
I let out a slight chuckle at thethought of an event centered around thesole activity of throwing a fish.
David must have read my mind andcontinued, "Yep, it's exactly what youthink it is—a bunch of people grabbing afish by the tail and letting them fly."
We didn't participate in the mullettoss. Our time at The Wharf had come toits end, and it was time to move on. Buton our next visit, I'm definitely going tosee how far I can toss a fish.
Conrad Cooper and his wife Roxanne liveaboard and cruise on a 49-foot DeFever motory-acht, Latitude. He is the author of Own Less &Live More. www.OwnLessAndLiveMore.com
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SAILBOATS – NEW AND BROKERAGEBeneteau......................................................64Curtis Stokes Yacht Brokerage ......................53Dunbar Sales................................................49Eastern Yachts ..............................................64Edwards Yacht Sales .....................................50Flying Scot ...................................................16Grand Slam Yacht Sales................................49Hobie Cats/Tackle Shack ................................5Kelly Bickford, Broker ...................................49Laser ..............................................................5Masthead Yacht Sales/Catalina...........18,21,52Murray Yacht Sales/Beneteau .......................64Optimist.........................................................5Precision ........................................................5Punta Gorda Yacht Brokers...........................52Smartkat Catamarans ...................................43Sunfish...........................................................5Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish, St. Petersburg....5The Yacht Sales Company ............................52Windrider Trimarans.....................................22Windswept Yacht Sales.................................63GEAR, HARDWARE, ACCESSORIES, CLOTHINGAnchor Rescue .............................................17Beaver Flags .................................................17Borel ............................................................17Cajun Trading Rigging .................................20C-Head Compost Toilets ..............................18Coolnet Hammocks......................................18CopperCoat .................................................31CPT Autopilot ..............................................58Cruising Solutions ..........................................6Doctor LED ..................................................41Ecotop .........................................................18Froli Sleep ....................................................18Garhauer........................................................2Hotwire/Fans & other products ...................18J Prop...........................................................42KnotStick .....................................................18Lasdrop........................................................29Martek Davits...............................................40Masthead Enterprises .........................18,21,52Mastmate Mast Climber...............................18Nature’s Head ..............................................19Nickle Atlantic..............................................18Outland Hatch Covers..................................19Seaworthy Goods....................................19,26Sparman USA...............................................28Spotless Stainless..........................................19Tackle Shack/Hobie/Sunfish, Precision ............5Teak Guard ..................................................44Teak Hut ......................................................19TideSlide ........................................................5Wheelez .......................................................43Winch Bit .....................................................28Zarcor ..........................................................10SAILS (NEW & USED), RIGGING, SPARS, RIGGING SERVICES, CANVASAdvanced Sails .............................................20Atlantic Sail Traders......................................20Bacon Sails ...................................................20Cajun Trading Rigging .................................20Dwyer Mast/spars, hardware, rigging ..........58Far East Sailmakers .......................................40Keys Rigging ................................................20Lippincott Canvas ........................................25Mack Sails ....................................................30Masthead/Used Sails and Service .......18,21,52National Sail Supply, new&used online ........21North Sails ...................................................35Rigging Only ...............................................20
Sail Repair ....................................................21Schurr Sails, Pensacola FL.............................36Sparcraft - Wichard ........................................8Sunrise Sails, Plus ........................................20UK Sailmakers ..............................................21Ullman Sails ............................................16,21US Spars ......................................................37Vacu Wash ...................................................21Wichard - Sparcraft ........................................8SAILING SCHOOLS, CAPTAIN’S LICENSE INSTRUCTIONBimini Bay Sailing School ........................15,22Bluewater sailing school ..........................15,23Dunbar Sales Sailing School .........................15Sea School/Captain’s License ......................14Simple Sailing ..............................................15US SAILING....................................................3MARINE ENGINES AND ACCESSORIESBeta Marine .................................................24Tiki Water Sports ..........................................20Tohatsu Outboards ......................................20MARINAS, MOORING FIELDS, BOAT YARDSBlenker Boatworks/marina............................32Cape Coral Yacht Basin ................................32Catamaran Boatyard ...............................16,32Clearwater Municipal Marina .......................32Cracker Boy Boatyard...................................33Fishermen’s Village Marina ...........................25Glades Boat Storage..................................7,33Gulfport City Marina ....................................29Harbourgate Marina.....................................33Hidden Harbor Marina .................................33Indiantown Marina ......................................33Madeira Beach Municipal Marina...................6Panama City Marina.....................................32Pasadena Marina..........................................32Regatta Pointe Marina..................................32Safe Cove Boat Storage................................41St. Petersburg Marina ..................................32Sunset Cay Marina .......................................33Twin Dolphin Marina ...................................32CHARTERS, RENTALS, FRACTIONALBimini Bay Sailboat Rentals .....................15,22Key Lime Sailing...........................................19MARINE SERVICES, INSURANCE, TOWING,BOAT LETTERING, HOTELS, ETC.Absolute Tank Cleaning................................16Allstate Insurance .........................................13BoatNames.net ............................................16EisenShine....................................................16Fair Winds Boat Repairs/Sales .......................19First Patriot Insurance...................................12Marine Tech Services....................................16Ponce de Leon Hotel....................................59Source Mobile Marine..................................16CAPTAIN SERVICESCapt. Rick Meyer..........................................17MARINE ELECTRONICSDockside Radio ............................................24Sea Tech/Navigation/Communication..........59SAILING WEB SITES, VIDEOS, BOOKS, GUIDESArt of Wooden Boat Repair...........................17BoatNames.net ............................................16Capt Marti’s Books/Seminars........................16Cuba Cruising Guide....................................17Hero’s Loop..................................................17Salt of a Sailor book .....................................17REGATTAS, BOAT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETSBone Island Regatta .......................................9Regatta Time in Abaco .................................11
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The Wharf in Orange Beach, AlabamaBy Conrad Cooper
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Where are ya'll from?" I replied, "What if I told you New
York?"With a wink and a smile, she
answered, "You two aren't from NewYork, but if you were, Iwould recommend VillaggioGrille. But ya'll seem likeyou're from Mississippi."
I replied, "Close. Louis-iana."
"Well then, make yourway across the street to theHot Spot and try their thin-fried catfish. If you're feel-ing a little adventurous,they have an appetizer ofchocolate covered porkrinds that people seem tolove." Beverly's assistantJudy chimed in, "Thosethings are delicious."
My southern blood did-n't think that chocolate andpork rinds should ever becombined, but our curiositygot the better of us and wehad to try them. In continu-ing with the dual nature ofthis place, Roxanne lovedthem and I thought theytasted just like chocolatepork rinds would taste.
From our fly bridge wewatched large brown peli-cans search for their nextmeal. Pelicans don’t fly buthover. They hang in the airwith the effortlessness of ahelium balloon that driftsalong with the breeze. Their
eyes constantly scanned the water untilthey lock onto their target.
When the time was right, theywould tuck their wings close to theirbodies and as gravity took hold of thelarge birds, they didn't just fall butseem propelled towards the water in amissile-shaped attack pose. With aloud and violent crash through thewater’s surface, they completely sub-
We arrived at The Wharf Marina justas the sun was sinking below the hori-zon. With the engines off we couldhear the soothing sounds of a ladysinging and strumming an acousticguitar on the boardwalk toour left and dolphins exhal-ing loudly as they swam byour boat to our right.
The cool evenings werean invitation to sit on theback deck of our 49 DeFeverand sip on a cold beer or aglass of wine. Five-foot tallBlue Heron birds stood withthe grace of super modelson the edge of the floatingdocks. From time to timethey would spear theirbeaks into the water andextract a fish which theyswallowed quickly beforethe seagulls could attemptto steal their meal.
My wife Roxanne and Isat in silence and watchedthe world unfold before oureyes. A fish jumped out ofthe water followed by a sec-ond and then a third. A dol-phin was in hot pursuit ofthe fish as an episode ofAnimal Kingdom unfolded10 feet away. Roxanne and Istood to get a closer lookand with one last powerfulburst of speed from the dol-phin there were no morejumps from the smaller fish.The dolphin turned andgracefully swam past ourboat again as it departed the marina.
With wide eyes Roxanne and Ijust looked at each other in a "no-way-that-just-happened" fashion.
The Wharf has a distinctive dualitythat isn't seen in other marinas. There isa strange Epcot Center mixed withAnimal Planet feel about this place.
Shops and restaurants line theboardwalk. Laughter filled theevening air as families and friendsenjoyed their dinners outside on
unique tables that would gently glideback and forth. A giant Ferris wheelrotated slowly in the background anda nightly light show would illuminatethe entire street as the colorful lights
flashed and danced to the music ofHollywood blockbusters.
It was like no other marina wehad ever been to.
The next morning we checked inwith Beverly, the harbormaster. With abig smile and a southern drawl thataccentuates the friendliness of southern-ers, Beverly welcomed us to The Wharf.
I asked her, "What are some goodrestaurants around here?
She replied, "It all depends.
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